Fairford History Society

Historical Topics Related To Fairford

RAF Fairford 1944 A Momentous Year The Squadrons were working up to D-Day...	The War Memorial And Roll Of Honour Fairford’s war memorial stands within the graveyard of St Mary’s Church.
John Keble If you know Oxford, you may know Keble College, his memorial. But who was he?...	Fairford Railway A 14 mile stretch of railway between Witney and Fairford which was opened on January 15th 1863
St Mary's Church There has been a church at Fairford since at least 1125.	The Church Windows No other parish church in the land has retained a complete set of late medieval stained glass windows.
The Roman Cemetery On Friday 23rd June 2006 nine members of the FHS were given a guided tour of the recently-discovered archaeological site near Fairford...	Fairford Mill There has been a mill in Fairford since Medieval times.
19th Century population dynamics of Fairford According to the census figures, Fairford’s peak year in the 19th Century was 1851 with a total of 1,859, a figure not matched again until 1971	Archaeology at the Community Centre Archeological excavations in Fairford have unearthed the remains of buildings from the 14th and 15th centuries.
Farmor's School The school opened as Fairford Free School on 24th. November 1738. The building cost £543.8s....	Archaeology at Horcott Iron Age, Roman and Saxon evidence suggests that the site was occupied from 400 BC to 800 AD.