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	The Blockley Heritage Society exists to further public knowledge about the history of Blockley and adjacent parishes. It does this by collecting, preserving and displaying records, antiquities and other objects of historical interest, and by sponsoring talks, discussions, publications and visits to sites of relevant interest. The Society’s collections include: a library, and see Heritage Centre written archives, also held at the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Records Offices some 1,000 artefacts including agricultural tools and historical costumes (some of which are in the custody of the Corinium Museum, Cirencester) 500 photographs on the area museums service database and many more in our own archive We are actively seeking to make these valuable collections more accessible to interested local people, visitors and others in our Heritage Centre in Park Road, Blockley. In 2010 the society took up a long lease of the building that has been converted into the Blockley Community Heritage Centre, comprising a Library/Research Room, a store for artefacts, and the Jubilee Hall for community use. The Blockley Antiquarian Society, renamed the Blockley Heritage Society in 2008, was founded in 1964 with the primary objective of publishing the official history of the village, Blockley Through Twelve Centuries by H. E. M. Icely. It has since become the recognised local history society of the district, which has a wealth of fascinating history dating back to the first signs of human settlement more than 1,200 years ago, and beyond that into pre-history. The Society is a charity, registration number 1133319, and a company limited by guarantee, number 07008626. Its activities are managed by a committee of trustees, who report annually to the Annual General Meeting.
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The Blockley Heritage Society exists to further public knowledge about the history of Blockley and adjacent parishes. It does this by collecting, preserving and displaying records, antiquities and other objects of historical interest, and by sponsoring talks, discussions, publications and visits to sites of relevant interest.

The Society’s collections include:

a library, and see Heritage Centre

written archives, also held at the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Records Offices

some 1,000 artefacts including agricultural tools and historical costumes (some of which are in the custody of the Corinium Museum, Cirencester)

500 photographs on the area museums service database and many more in our own archive

We are actively seeking to make these valuable collections more accessible to interested local people, visitors and others in our Heritage Centre in Park Road, Blockley. In 2010 the society took up a long lease of the building that has been converted into the Blockley Community Heritage Centre, comprising a Library/Research Room, a store for artefacts, and the Jubilee Hall for community use.

The Blockley Antiquarian Society, renamed the Blockley Heritage Society in 2008, was founded in 1964 with the primary objective of publishing the official history of the village, Blockley Through Twelve Centuries by H. E. M. Icely. It has since become the recognised local history society of the district, which has a wealth of fascinating history dating back to the first signs of human settlement more than 1,200 years ago, and beyond that into pre-history.

The Society is a charity, registration number 1133319, and a company limited by guarantee, number 07008626. Its activities are managed by a committee of trustees, who report annually to the Annual General Meeting.