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Here is an extended piece by John Rawlins, taken from the WLHS Journal No 15 (2000). We republish it here as part of an occasional series celebrating the work of the Society over time. (A PDF of the Society’s Journal No 15 can be found here). Those who study the nineteenth-century census returns from 1841 onwards find […]
The following article appeared in the Wychwoods Local History Society Journal Number 4, published 1988. It features an in-depth study of the development of the building and its fabric. This image of the Prebendal was published with the article, with accompanying reminder of the work carried out on the building in 1912. The text of […]
At the Wychwoods Local History Society we are always delighted to receive local photographs to add to our archive. Two fine pictures have come to the society recently, courtesy of our friends at Charlbury Museum. These are of the pupils and staff at Milton Primary School in the early 1960s. Daphne Jeffs and Class 1961 […]
A publication funded by the Ascott Village Charity can be seen here. The publication is offered courtesy of the charity. It highlights the fascinating and varied history of the village. The booklet contains a variety of maps and images. These include features of the village from Neolithic times and the later Iron Age. It describes […]
Here is an article by former Shipton resident Jim Hudson, which has been published in the Oxford Mail and also appears on the Wychwood Magazine website. ***** My name is Jim Hudson; I live in County Durham and work in ICT for a local council. Before that, I served all over the world in the […]
Rob Taylor’s memories of Shipton 60 years ago, as told to Alan Vickers Rob Taylor has lived in Shipton since 1958. His father came originally from Blockley and his mother from Longborough. Before Rob was born, his father, Charlie, had been working in Upper Milton for the Reynolds’. But by the time of Rob’s birth, […]
This article was by Olive Barnes, later Mrs Olive Frost, who was born in The Square, Milton under Wychwood in 1907 and later lived in Calais Cottage, Frog Lane. It is taken from the society’s Journal No 6. It is also available as a PDF here. My Mother rented three cottages which stood apart because, […]
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