Harwell ~ Village for a thousand years

• 1: Home
  • 1.1: Sitemap
• 2: The Book
  • 2.1: Contents
  • 2.2: Beginnings
    • 2.2.1: The Beginnings of Harwell
    • 2.2.2: The Charters
  • 2.3: Middle Ages
    • 2.3.1: Harwell Church
    • 2.3.2: The Medieval Manors
    • 2.3.3: Cruck Buildings
  • 2.4: Tudors
    • 2.4.1: The Tudor period
    • 2.4.2: Berkshire Farmers
    • 2.4.3: The Harwell Mug
    • 2.4.4: The Family Name
    • 2.4.5: Trade Tokens
    • 2.4.6: In the Civil War
  • 2.5: Charities
    • 2.5.1: John Loder
    • 2.5.2: Christopher Elderfield
    • 2.5.3: Poor's Orchard
    • 2.5.4: William Wells
    • 2.5.5: J. King
    • 2.5.6: Frances Geering
    • 2.5.7: Matthew Eaton
    • 2.5.8: Robert Loder
    • 2.5.9: Bagg's Tree
    • 2.5.10: An Old Harwell Recipe
  • 2.6: 19th C
    • 2.6.1: Enclosures
    • 2.6.2: The Great Fire of Harwell
    • 2.6.3: Fire at Didcot Station
    • 2.6.4: Harwell and the Early Posts
  • 2.7: People
    • 2.7.1: The Manor of Bishop's Harwell
    • 2.7.2: The Bob Lays
    • 2.7.3: The Bosley Family
    • 2.7.4: John Lay
    • 2.7.5: An old woman of Harwell
    • 2.7.6: Thomas James Pryor
      • 2.7.6.1: T.J. Pryor Letter
      • 2.7.6.2: T.J. Pryor Poem
    • 2.7.7: The Day Family
    • 2.7.8: The Hitchman Family
    • 2.7.9: Other Old Harwell Families
    • 2.7.10: Pillar House
      • 2.7.10.1: John Bacon
      • 2.7.10.2: L. Leslie Brooke
    • 2.7.11: Dr Richard Rice
    • 2.7.12: Kelly's Directory
    • 2.7.13: The School Log-book
      • 2.7.13.1: School Photos
    • 2.7.14: Pictorial Miscellany
  • 2.8: 20th C
    • 2.8.1: Stanley Day
      • 2.8.1.1: The Turn of the Century
      • 2.8.1.2: A Visit to Harwell
    • 2.8.2: Tape Recordings
      • 2.8.2.1: A Houseboy at Harwell
      • 2.8.2.2: Eliza Hutchings
      • 2.8.2.3: Harwell Bakeries
      • 2.8.2.4: The Eggs
      • 2.8.2.5: Old Neighbours
      • 2.8.2.6: Fire at King's Farm
      • 2.8.2.7: Will It Light?
      • 2.8.2.8: Miss Irene Clarke
      • 2.8.2.9: Miss Clarke's School
    • 2.8.3: Poem by H.S. Baker
  • 2.9: WWII
    • 2.9.1: The Second World War
    • 2.9.2: Guinea Pig Club
    • 2.9.3: Harwell in Wartime - I
    • 2.9.4: Harwell in Wartime - II
    • 2.9.5: School Life in Wartime
    • 2.9.6: The Harwell Players
  • 2.10: 1945-85
    • 2.10.1: AERE
    • 2.10.2: Harwell Parish Council
    • 2.10.3: Water and Sewage
    • 2.10.4: Nursing Service
    • 2.10.5: School Life after the War
    • 2.10.6: The Winterbrook Youth Club
    • 2.10.7: The Public Houses
    • 2.10.8: The Whit Monday Feast
    • 2.10.9: Wild Flowers of Harwell
    • 2.10.10: The Bee Orchid
    • 2.10.11: Village Footpaths
    • 2.10.12: St Matthew's Church Today
    • 2.10.13: Harwell Women's Institute
    • 2.10.14: Harwell Bowls Club
    • 2.10.15: Harwell Football Club
  • 2.11: Cherries
    • 2.11.1: Robert Loder
    • 2.11.2: Cherries (1965)
    • 2.11.3: Gordon Bosley
    • 2.11.4: The Cherries
  • 2.12: Appendices
    • 2.12.1: Harwell Charters
      • 2.12.1.1: Introduction
      • 2.12.1.2: Charter No 1
      • 2.12.1.3: Charter No 2
      • 2.12.1.4: Charter No 3
      • 2.12.1.5: Charter References
    • 2.12.2: Buildings
    • 2.12.3: Glossary
    • 2.12.4: Contributors
    • 2.12.5: References
• 3: New Material
  • 3.1: Photo updates
  • 3.2: Harwell Geology
    • 3.2.1: The solid stuff
    • 3.2.2: A section through Harwell
    • 3.2.3: Sarsens
    • 3.2.4: Surface Drift Deposits
    • 3.2.5: The Bargain Stone
  • 3.3: Listed Buildings
  • 3.4: The Kicking Donkey
  • 3.6: Harwell in Maps
• 4: Archives
  • 4.1: All the photos
  • 4.2: Harwell News

The Beginnings of Harwell

• 2.2.1: The Beginnings of Harwell
• 2.2.2: The Charters