THE SOCIETY’S COLLECTION
Explore the people, places and everyday life of the Wychwoods through our growing collection of historic photographs.
The archive brings together images of village streets, families, buildings, schools, farming, celebrations, transport and community life across more than a century.
FIND A PHOTOGRAPH
Search by surname, village, building, subject or date.
Try: family names · schools · farms · streets · churches · decades
EXPLORE BY PLACE AND SUBJECT
Explore photographs from individual Wychwood villages, or browse collections devoted to people and transport. Each collection is maintained directly from the Society’s photographic archive.
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.
USING THE COLLECTION
Images shown online are lower-resolution copies. High-resolution versions 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.