Lecture – The Happy Journey: the ffennells of Wytham

At Magdalen College Auditorium, Longwall St at 11am

Tea and coffee will be served in the Auditorium Foyer from 10.30am, a chance to chat with friends!  All welcome!  Members £7, non-members £10 

Local historian Mervyn Hughes has researched for over ten years the ffennell family of Wytham and the history of Hill End Centre and the trenches in Wytham Wood. 

In 1920 the ffennell family bought the Wytham Estate and used it as a holiday and weekend camping site with large and lavish tents. They were also a philanthropic family, committed to outdoor education and influenced by the philosophy of Steiner. Over the next decades they created innovative outdoor classrooms and dormitories at Hill End.