The Uffington Village Trail

This four page guide, which includes a sketch map, describes a circular tour of Uffington giving information on the history of many of the village's older buildings. It can be downloaded here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat.)

The Parish Trail

New for 2010, and published to coincide with the Museum's gallery exhibition, is a seven page illustrated guide to a walk around the parish, highlighting places of interest and the natural history of the Uffington area. It can be downloaded here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat.)

The White Horse and the Village of Uffington

In 2001 the Friends of the Tom Brown’s School Museum successfully applied for a grant from the Local Heritage Initiative to explore the relationship between the village and the famous White Horse cut into the hillside above it. The grant has allowed us to excavate the site of an Iron Age settlement on the edge of the village and to chart the continual occupation of the village for the past 3000 years. This book is a result of our investigation into the likely community who cared for the White Horse and adds detail about the village and its people in the various periods of history.

By Jane Cooper and Sharon Smith, 60 pages, price £5.00.
Available from the Museum and from Thematic Trails. (See No. 6 in their Oxfordshire Geology Trust section)

Wayland's Smithy and White Horse Hill

This booklet, published by the Museum, has just been updated and gives a useful introduction to the historic sites on and close to White Horse Hill.

16 pages. Price £1.50. Available from the Museum.

Uffington White Horse and its Landscape

by David Miles, Simon Palmer, Gary Lock, Chris Gosden and Anne Marie Cromarty.

This marvellously detailed volume presents the archaeological and historical evidence that reveals the prehistoric beginnings of the Horse and its revered place as a part of our heritage. Includes an interactive CD-ROM.

Oxford Archaeology, 2003. £24.95. Available from Oxbow Books and from Amazon .

The Scouring of the White Horse

by Thomas Hughes (various editions). Hughes' tale of the revels and games that accompanied the 1857 renovation of the Horse. The beautiful 19th century editions in fine condition are now rare, but later reprints can also be found.

Best found using ABE or Amazon .

Tom Brown's Schooldays

by Thomas Hughes. The book which first exposed the bullying that was commonplace in English public schools in the Victorian era. It also contains descriptions and drawings of Tom's early life in Uffington.

From £2.00. Available from the Museum and from Amazon .

Rural Life in the Vale of the White Horse, 1780-1914

by Nigel Hammond, is a detailed survey of social, economic, political, agricultural and industrial life in the Vale.

From £3.00. Available from the Museum and from Amazon .

Walks With Writers

by Elizabeth Cader-Cuff. Describes sixteen literary walks in Old Berkshire. It has clear, concise route descriptions and easy to follow maps as well as details of the writers' lives and work. Well known authors figure in the book, including Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde and Jerome K Jerome.

112 pages. £5.95. Available from Amazon .