The Oxfordshire VCH currently comprises a full-time County Editor and four part-time research staff. The County Editor and two of the other research staff are funded by Oxfordshire County Council as part of its Heritage Services; of the other two staff, one is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the other by the Oxfordshire VCH Trust.

Dr Simon Townley (County Editor): joined the Oxfordshire VCH as an Assistant Editor in 1987, having completed a doctoral thesis on secular clergy and their recruitment in the West Midlands during the 13th century; became County Editor in 1996. Contributions to the Oxfordshire VCH include histories of Bampton, Northmoor, Standlake, and Stanton Harcourt, together with recently published histories of Witney and surrounding villages. Currently working on Henley-on-Thames. Edited the county history journal Oxoniensia from 1989 to 1996.  Tel: 01865 277239; email simon.townley@history.ox.ac.uk  For postal address, click here

Dr Robert Peberdy (Assistant Editor): joined the Oxfordshire VCH on a half-time basis in 1996, having written a PhD thesis on medieval Henley-on-Thames, and has also published on aspects of Thames navigation during the medieval period. He has contributed chapters on Asthall and Brize Norton to VCH Oxfordshire XV (forthcoming 2006), and is currently working on Burford.  Tel: 01865 277237; email robert.peberdy@merton.ox.ac.uk

Dr Mark Page (Assistant Editor): joined the Oxfordshire VCH in August 2005, working 4 days a week.  Previously worked as a Research Fellow on the Winchester Pipe Rolls Project run by Hampshire Record Office and Durham University, for which he edited two of the medieval Pipe Rolls, and on the University of Leicester's Whittlewood Project, an intensive study of settlement, society, and economy in Whittlewood Forest (publication forthcoming).  He has published widely on related topics, and is currently working on Rotherfield Greys.  Tel: 01865 277238; email  mrp15@le.ac.uk

Dr Antonia Catchpole (Team Researcher, EPE Burford Project): joined the Oxfordshire VCH on a part-time basis in September 2005, to work on the Burford and Henley projects funded by the HLF as part of 'England's Past for Everyone'.  Recently completed a PhD on The Small Towns of Medieval Gloucestershire at Birmingham University, and previously worked for Gloucestershire County Council Archaeology Service as Project Officer on the Historic Towns Survey, with English Heritage funding.  Tel: 01865 277238; email antonia_douthwaite@hotmail.com

Dr Stephen Mileson  (Assistant Editor): joined the Oxfordshire VCH on a part-time basis in October 2005, having recently completed doctoral thesis on medieval parks.  He is funded by the VCH Oxfordshire Trust, and is currently working on Bix. Tel : 01865 277238; email stephen.mileson@keble.ox.ac.uk