Charlbury Museum is a

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in the town of

Charlbury Charlbury () is a town and civil parish in the Evenlode valley, about north of Witney in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the edge of Wychwood Forest and the Cotswolds. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's po ...

, Oxfordshire, England. The museum and collections are organized and run by the Charlbury Society, which was founded in 1949. The museum's displays present traditional crafts and industries of the town, including maps and photographs. The collection was started in 1949 and the museum opened in the current building in 1962. The museum's collections are housed in five rooms including a newer entrance that was added in 2002. The galleries include exhibits of 19th-century costumes,

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s, prehistoric objects, and

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artifacts. On the walls are pictures, shop/inn signs, local maps, and posters.William Page,
The Victoria history of the county of Oxford
'. Volume 10 of Louis Francis Salzman (ed.), ''Victoria history of the counties of England''.

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, 1972
pages 132, 134, 147
There are copies of books by local authors, including ''Cornbury and the Forest of Wychwood'' by Vernon Watney. Items from local industries such as glove-making are on display. Such industry was a feature of Charlbury for several centuries; the last factory closed in 1968. Also presented are a

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's forge including

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and a portable anvil, together with displays of tools used by carpenters, farmers, thatchers, and watchmakers. The museum has a garden, which was the site of the Star Inn, demolished in 1910. There is a lawn with flowerbeds.

References

External links

Charlbury Museum
- charlbury.info, official site

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Oxfordshire County Council
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