THRG is a Working Party of the Parish Council, whose purpose is to explore the origins and development of Tysoe and its people from prehistory to modern times.
Membership of the Group is free and open to all and its research is posted on a dedicated website (www.tysoehistory.org.uk) which is continually supplemented.
Over the past year the Group continued to pursue research across a number of fields.
Some of the results appear in the Tysoe and District Record such as the regular series of Grave Tales from the Churchyard and a recent feature on early motor racing up Sunrising Hill.
Two additional broadsheets were published, one on the geology of the memorials in the Sandpits Road cemetery and the other on the obscure graffiti to be found inside St Mary’s. Both are available in the church.
The Group was also active in the field and a programme of archaeological test pitting has commenced to trace the geographical extent of medieval Tysoe.
Work also took place clearing and recording an early designed garden in the Parish.
Research continued into the way the Tysoe landscape changed over the centuries, particularly with regard to pre-inclosure times and in the origins of footpaths, driftways and roads.
Other projects include the role played by Tysoe during the Civil War, the preparation of a major book on Medieval Tysoe and a review of the Red Horse of Tysoe.
More projects are planned for the coming months.
Anyone wishing to find out more should email thrg.info@gmail.com
