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Education
History is sometimes regarded by students as one of the "boring subjects" within the school curriculum and this is often, in our opinion, due to a perceived lack of relevance to the individual student and a failure to realise that it is all around them in terms of buildings and road layouts and inside them due to genetic and dispositional traits inherited from ancestors. We want to try and make the history of Oatlands come alive for local children...
It is intended to produce a series of educational materials relating to the history of the village. The first of these (currently in progress), is being produced specifically for Oatlands School and is based around the statue of Caroline Stephens which stands within the school grounds. This tells her story and sets her and her family in the context of the times in which they lived.
In the future we would like to be able to play a regular part in the lives of local schools by means of school visits and guided walks in an attempt to make the local history better known and understood, encourage children to look at things, ask questions, investigate and interpret, to realize that all history is about people and not simply dates and 'great events', and to understand that yesterday is as much about history as a day in the middle ages.
We don't want to limit this solely to schools, though that is our first priority - other groups have as much to learn and, as the age of those groups increase, as much to give back to us in terms of personal memories.
It is hoped that we may be able to produce materials suitable for a wider range of schools and include all age ranges within the educational curriculum and, as we are able, to expand this outwards to a much wider audience.
If you have teaching experience, have been involved in the production of this type of material, or are a graphic artist and would like to become involved, then please contact us.
Contacting Us
If you want to contact us, please do so using the most appropriate selection from the list on the left which will open a contact form.
If you want to tell us about an event that's happening, a group or organisation th\t may be of interestm or something similar, please use the "Inform Us" option.
If you are unsure of the most suitable contact, please use the "General Enquiry" option.
We will do our best to contact you as soon as possible but please bear in mind that we often have other commitments - we do our best but we are not perfect...
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About Us
We are a small group of current and past Oatlands residents going under the title of the "Oatlands Heritage Group" but membership is open to anyone who shares our aims.
Concerned with the lack of recorded history relating to Oatlands as a village and conscious of the rapid changes that now take place within the local community, we decided to begin collecting, researching and recording the story of the village so that it is preserved and available to all that are interested - whether that be a general interest or related to family, local or house history - and ensure that the village has its rightful place within the historical record.
All documents, photographs, ephemera and other items are of interest to us and we would be very happy to see anything that you may have relating to the village - no matter what time period it is concerned with.
History has no beginning or end, it is an ongoing fact of life and no research can ever be 'complete' but the more we can learn, the more comprehensive a picture we can construct of events, properties and the lives of the people who called Oatlands their home.
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Publications
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Current Publications
A catalogue of the publications currently produced by Oatlands Heritage Group and available from us or from other sources.
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Future Publications
Future Publications
We have many ideas for books that we would like to publish. Some of these are actually completed and ready for printing and publication, some are part-complered, some have not progressed far beyond the initial concept.
Publishing a book is not, we have discovered, a simple process unless it is likely to sell in large quantities and is therefore of interest to a commercial publisher. The alternative routes are either too costly or, to us, rather complicated.
We will publish books - it is a necessary step towards making the history and heritage of Oatlands known on a wider scale - but when this will happen we don't yet know.
Two of our reproductions of originals in our collection are scheduled for publication in 2013 and we will try everything within our capabilities to make that happem.
Any books that are published will appear as a news item for the first six months and will transfer into the "Current Publications" section of this website.
If you have any experience of publishing, particularly of "Print on Demand" (POD), please contact us via the relevant link in the "Can You Help?" section.
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Current Publications
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Our Collections
Our Collections
It is our intention to build the number and breadth of our collections as time and finances permit.
Until such time as we can obtain a 'permanent home' for the collections and researches they are in the hands of founder members of the group. Where these collections contain fragile or 'at risk' items, a digital copy will be retained and the originals put into the care of Surrey History Centre at Woking where they can be preserved under controlled conditions.
If you would like to enquire about something that we may have within the collections or would like to donate something, please get in touch with us using the contact form for our research coordinator.
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Research
Our Research
Research is the backbone of our life as a group - it is only through research that we have discovered so much of the previously untapped or misunderstood history of Oatlands, but it can be very time consuming when there are only a small number of people undertaking it and they may be a long distance from the necessary archives.
If you would like to become involved, we'd love to hear from you. If you are inexperienced we can guide you and offer advice, along with enough archive references to get you started - even for the experienced researcher, the references can provide a much needed short cut.
If you have already started investigating the history of your house or your family in Oatlands we would very much like to add your researches to our own and we may have information that could help you - together we can help to increase the overall understanding of Oatlands.
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Current Projects
Current Research Projects
We currently have several ongoing research projects - some of these will have relatively clear 'finish points', others will be ongoing well into the future and, doubtless, more topics will be added.
If you would like to become involved with any of these projects - because of specialist knowledge, interest in the topic or for some other reason - please contact us using the “Research Coordinator” contact form.
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Future Projects
Future Research Projects
We have a list of ideas for future research projects - some of these may be taken up in the relatively near future, others may take many years before thet are started and, doubtless, more topics will be added to the list as new things are discovered about the village, its buildings and its people.
If you would like to become involved with any of these projects, have an idea for a project that you'd like to undertake or some research that you have already begun, please contact us using the “Research Coordinator” contact form.
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Family Histories
Family Histories
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Current Projects
- Membership
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