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Churchill and Sarsden Villages website: http://www.churchillsarsden.com

A comprehensive website that details everything there is to know about Churchill and Sarsden villages. It gives the history of the villages, information about the community, where to stay and places to eat.

The Oxfordshire Cotswolds website: https://www.cotswolds.info/oxfordshire-cotswolds.shtml

This has visitor information about attractions and accommodation in the local area. 

West Oxfordshire District Council website: http://www.westoxon.gov.uk

Experience Oxfordshire website: http://experienceoxfordshire.org

WhereWeCanGo: https://www.wherecanwego.com

The Wychwoods (Ascott-, Milton- and Shipton-under-Wychwood) Wychwoods Local History Society
Photo slideshows, articles and journal archives reflecting the evolving story of these Cotswold villages.
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Other local museums to visit nearby are:

Chipping Norton Museum: http://www.oxfordshiremuseums.org/?p=268

Charlbury Museum:  http://www.charlbury.info/community/42
 
 
Interested in historical mysteries?  See the website about Anne Hughes' Diary which tells the story
of local Sarsden author Jeanne Preston and an 18th century diary in Oxfordshire.

We have been working on a new exhibition for some time – the Heritage Centre has always boasted of its four important ‘sons’ but now it is time for the women of the village to be celebrated.  Each in her own way has changed lives both in Churchill and in the wider world.

OUR Four remarkable women

 Elizabeth Bourne (1549-1599)
Who controversially petitioned for divorce from her philandering husband and left letters which are now considered a most significant and valuable historical source of early modern literature and inform a greater understanding of women’s negotiations for legal autonomy in the sixteenth century.
A seventeenth-century eccentric

Anne Walter (Unknown – 1707)
Who lived in fear of being murdered but left a trust which is still providing grants for education purposes.
A nineteenth-century grocer

Emily Jennings (1814-1885)
Whose legacy launched a village charity.
A twentieth-century High Sheriff

Judy Hutchinson (1916-1989)
Whose secret war work has never been fully acknowledged.

From Our Guest Book

  • "Excellent to have this centre as a focus for Churchill's history - especially in relation to William Smith."

  • "Very good new interactive displays, very comprehensive."

  • "A little gem I didn't know existed."

  • "Fantastic, absolutely first class. Most interesting and informative."

  • "Such a wonderful enterprise. The locality should be proud of it."

  • "Beautiful setting, very peaceful & informative"

  • "Congratulations to all on this initiative.  So well-organised and user-friendly."

  • "A fascinating display in a very beautiful setting."

  • "Why haven't we been here earlier? We shall certainly return!"

  • "Beautiful restoration, very nicely done! Unexpected hive of information."

  • "What a lovely treat to stumble upon. Thank you for preserving a part of our Heritage"

  • "A fine chance discovery"

  • "Great building, well restored. Charming!"

  • "Lovely spot, so grateful this part of the old church was saved."

  • "A fascinating visit. William Smith was a wonderful man! "