Odiham Archives at the Heritage Centre
We have an extensive collection of Odiham related records if you are researching your family, your house or your village: over 2,500 images; copies of wills and inventories from 16th to 19th centuries; families database of over 33,000 names and relationships from 15th to early 19th century; index of over 40 years of Journal articles; and an indexed catalogue of documents of all kinds.
The Odiham War Memorial Project
The Odiham Society and the Royal British Legion are working together on a project to fully identify those named on our local War Memorial and to find more about their social and military history.
The results of our research are being published in the Odiham Society Journal. Society members will have seen the first of these articles in the Spring 2011 edition.
The Odiham Embroidery & Magna Carta 2015
The complex embroidery, designed by Odiham-based artist Mary Turner was created to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. The embroidery depicts 800 years of local history from the time of Magna Carta and reflects the history of England as it was played out in our parish.
It features King John and the barons setting off for Windsor and Runnymede, visits by both Queen Elizabeth I and II, the meeting in Odiham that led to the founding of the veterinary profession in Britain
The Local Blue Plaque Project
In May 2010, The Odiham Society Plaque Project came into being as a result of an idea put forward by former Chairman, Ted Johns. Since then, the project has been developed with the aim of putting plaques on to those houses, buildings and places in Odiham and North Warnborough which have historical or architectural merit. The Society wishes to celebrate the Parish’s past and bring it to the attention and knowledge of far more people, residents and visitors alike. We have already awarded a number of blue plaques and have created a trail around them to add to our ‘historic walks’ programme.
The Pest House
The Pest House was built c. 1622 and subsequently housed local people and travellers suffering from the plague and other infectious diseases. Many such “isolation hospitals” were built in that period but the Odiham Pest House is one of only five examples surviving. It was restored by the Odiham Society in 1981 to form a mini Heritage Centre.