THE SOCIETY’S COLLECTION
Explore the people, places and everyday life of the Wychwoods through our growing collection of historic photographs.
Try: family names · schools · farms · streets · churches · decades
EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE
Begin with the three Wychwood villages or explore some of the largest subject collections represented in the photographic archive.
Photographs of Ascott-under-Wychwood, its people, buildings and everyday life.
Photographs of Milton-under-Wychwood, its people, buildings and everyday life.
Photographs of Shipton-under-Wychwood, its people, buildings and everyday life.
Explore photographs relating to Activities across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to Groups across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to Buildings across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to People across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to Streets across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to Military across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to Education & Schools across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to Sport across the Wychwoods.
Explore photographs relating to Transport & Vehicles across the Wychwoods.
DISCOVER MORE
Browse photographs by decade, village or subject. Choose a term below to discover related images from across the collection.
HELP US IDENTIFY THEM
Some people in our photographic archive remain unidentified.
Could you help us put names to faces, recognise a family or identify an occasion? Your local knowledge could help preserve another part of the Wychwoods’ story.
BROWSE BY LOCATION
Explore photographs by village, street, building and location. Browse all of the places represented in the photographic archive, from the three Wychwood villages to neighbouring communities and individual landmarks.
USING THE COLLECTION
Images displayed in the online catalogue are optimised for web viewing. Higher-resolution versions of many photographs may be available from the Society on request.
The Wychwoods Local History Society is a non-profit organisation serving the local community. Please contact us if you would like information about reproducing an archive image.
A further selection of photographs relating to the Wychwoods can be explored through Oxfordshire County Council’s Heritage Search.
About the collection. Members of the Society who carried out scans of John Rawlins’ extensive photographic archive included Alan Murphy, Alan Vickers, Peter Crofts, Chris Bailey, Chris Trotman, Edwin Wilson, Ian Drainer and Janet Wiltshire.