A team of our members have been digitising all our archive of photographs. This is an ongoing project, with many more photos still to be processed.
Here are the photos so far added. Please click on a subject or theme for more – or simply view photos in each album individually or as a slideshow.
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Mrs Arthur Gee outside her cottage at Fifield She died in 1932
Mr & Mrs Arthur Gee of Fifield who raised 8 children (4 boys and 4 girls) in this 2-up / 2-down cottage
Mrs Arthur Gee and Grandson in her garden in Fifield
Mr Arthur Gee sitting by the fire in his cottage at Fifield.
Fifield Club gathering outside the Merrymouth Inn, Date 1909
Fifield Club Day 1907, actual venue not given.
Fifield, Shepherd Barnes on the left, Thomas Groomy Manders on the right. Entrance to Snowshill in the background. Date: 1909
Photograph of Fifield Church, St John the Baptist. Date not known.
Post Card photograph of The Merrymouth Inn, Fifield, Oxon
A copy of a photograph showing a view of The Manor in Fifield, Oxfordshire. Date: not known, probably the early 1900s. No original photograph available.
A photograph of a house called The Gables.in Fifield, Oxfordshire. It is now renamed, Snowshill. Date: Not known.
A copy of a photograph taken in Fifield, Oxfordshire. Date: not known, but probably early 1900s
A copy of a photograph taken in Fifield, Oxfordshire. Date: not known, but probably early 1900s
A photograph of Fifield House in the village of Fifield, Oxfordshire. Date: not known, probably early 1900s
Photograph view of The Bridge over the lane near the The Manor. The cottage visible the other side of the bridge has been demolished. Date: not known,
A photograph showing a view of The Rectory in Fifield, Oxfordshire. Date: not known
A photograph of Fifield, Oxfordshire, (possibly High Street). Date not known, possibly early 1900s
A photograph outside Fifield Post Office. Villagers reading about the 1927 Election Results. L. to R. Will Davis, Dan Davis, ? , ? , ?.
A photograph outside Fifield Post Office. Villagers listening to the 1927 Election Results. L. to R. WM Robertson Scott, Groomy Manders, F.W.P.Matthews, Mr Havison, Dale, Frank Davis, Jim McConnell, ? , Phil McConnell. (Radio by Jim McConnell)
High Street, Fifield. Post Office on the left. ; Date: not known
Fifield, Construction work about to begin on building Fifield Post Office and Stores; Date not known
Les Townsend - Master Mason: Fifield:. Date: c.1952
Les Townsend - Master Mason; Fifield. Photograph of his tool set. ; Date: c.1952
Fifield; Stow Road; Four of the only Council Houses built in CNRDC (Chipping Norton Rural District Council) during the War Years 1939-1945; Date: 1990
Mr Arthur Gee of Fifield. The old man on the left is not identified. Date: not known.
Amy, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Gee with her Grandson. Date: not known.
Charles Gee, the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Gee of Fifield. He is wearing the uniform of Wembley Police. On retirement, he came to live in Farm Cottage, High Street, Milton, then on to Fifield with foster son Bim Champness. Bim was always called Bim Gee until the Second World War call up. Date: Not known
Fifield Fete; Tug-of-War competition Winners. ; Rear (L to R): Wilf Bridge, Charlie Wilkes. : Date: 17th July 1926
Fifield Tennis Club. ; Standing: Oliver Fiel, Frank Webb, John Townsend, Bernard Wixey, Michael Hatnes and Derek Strong. ; Seated: Lilian Davis, Margaret Dore, Mrs Webb, Miss Townsend (from Chadlington; probably Jean who later married Frank Webb), Anne Gee, ; In front: M Mason. Date: c.1954
Heythrop Hunt Meet at Fifield, ; Date: Not known
Fifield Ladies (poss. W.I.or M.U.), ; Rear Row (L to R): Mrs E. Harris, Miss Lumsdon, Mrs Norah Haynes, Mrs Jenny Webb, Mme Porovianne, Miss Dalston. ; Middle Row: Mrs Dix, Mrs Thorne, Miss Field, Mrs Doris Field, Mrs Durham, Mrs Burdock. ; Front Row: Mrs Heanley,Kathleen Matthews, Mrs Acock, Mrs Hartmold, a friend of the Burrows Family, an aunt of the Burrows family, Mrs Broom - the Vicar's wife. Date: c.1950s
Fifield Fete, Bus Barn from the cross roads. Date: Not known
Fifield Band outside the Post Office and Store. ; Date: Not known
Fifield Home Guard; Date: possibly 1940s
Fifield Choir Boys: Date: Not known
Girls Friendly Society Croquet players at Fifield. ; Date: 1895
Fete at Fifield close up to the ladder outside the Barn that was used as the garage for the Local Bus: Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s
Mr Robertson-Scott at Fifield Fete. ; Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s.
Said to be Harvest Time at Fifield, no further information available, ; Date: not known.
Mr John Fields with Bert and Sisters at The Merrymouth Inn, Fifield. ; Date 1920
John Fields and daughter with an implement for cutting ladder rungs, Date: early 1920s
Bert Fields and his sisters; Fifield. ; Date 1924
Bert Fields in fancy dress seen on the Idbury Road. ; Date: 1929
Bert Fields on the first tractor used in Fifield. Date: 1930
Fifield Baby Show. Second from the left: Mrs Jim Hicks (sister of Roland Davis), Centre: Mrs Dore and son Harold. Date: 1926
Mr and Mrs Manders of Fifield listening to their Radio. Date: 1928
Photo by Maria Matthews of Fifield. Model is said to be a Shepherd from Fifield. : Date: 1902
Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, at a tree planting ceremony. ; Date: 1937
Anne and Maria Matthews (R) on a cycling tour in Brittany. ; Date: 1900
Grace Kathleen Matthews (nee Calvertt) on her horse. ; Date: Not known, early 1900s
FWP Matthews with his second wife (Elsie Merritt) and family. ; Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s.
At "The Gables", Fifield. Maria (Daughter of Frederick) at the rear. (L to R) Doris (Daughter of Frederick), Frederick, Kathleen (Daughter of Frederick), Emily and Nellie Coupar (Relations). ; Date: 1909
Matthews family; (L to R) Kate Sotham (sister-in-law to Marmaduke Matthews) with the baby Donald, eldest son of FWP Matthews; Grace Matthews (nee Calvertt); Emma, Mrs Frederick Matthews. ; Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s,
The Manor at Fifield. A family photograph; (Top row) Maria and Frederick WP Matthews. (Middle L to R) Kathleen, Emma, Doris; (Front L to R) Grace, Mary Hudson (school friend), William, Joan Hudson (school friend). ; Date: 1915
A Family Group plus friends in Fifield. (L to R top) Mrs Colcutt (wife of the architect who designed "The Gables"); Emma Matthews, wife of Frederick Matthews; Polly Matthews (nee Marg Stephens) wife of William Matthews of Lower Slaughter; (Front) Susan Hall. Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s.
A Fishing Party at Lower Slaughter with Walter and Gertrude Matthews with Charles Singleton. Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s.
Fifield. Walter Matthews with his wife Mabel (standing), Walter's mother, Polly with their baby Joyce. ; Date: Not known
A photograph of Mabel Matthews who was murdered in 1920 by an absentee soldier on the A40 road near Burford.
Portrait photograph of Walter Matthews. Fifield. ; Date: c.1920s
Photograph of Marmaduke Matthews of Fifield (1812-1883). ; Date: late 1870s
A photograph of a portrait of Marmaduke Matthews, born in 1782 at Berkswell in Warwickshire (now in Metropolitan district of Solihull) he later moved to Fifield Oxfordshire.
A photograph of the portrait of Frederick Matthews (1841-1911)
A Photograph of F.W.P. Matthews, of Fifield, in military uniform of the First World War. ; Date: Not known, early 1900s
Old photograph of John Calvertt of Withern, Lincolnshire. He was a Surgeon and Apothecary. (1797-1846). He died of tetanus in 1846. : Date of photo not given.
Photograph of John Simpson Calvertt, a Surgeon and Apothecary. ; Date: 1899
The Calvertt family at their home Fairspear House, Leafield. (Back row L to R) Elizabeth Anne, John Simpson Calvertt, Jane, Robert William, Alice, Grace. (Front row L to R) Isabel,Frederick George, John Charles. ; Date: 1884.
Photograph of Frank Matthews, the 4th son of Marmaduke Matthews of Fifield. ; Date: Not known.
Photograph of Mrs Frank Matthews, daughter of Stephen and Harriett Potter of Birmingham. ; Date: Not known
Photograph of John Simpson Calvertt, born 13th November 1829 at Withern, Llincolnshire. He farmed at Tothill Manor Farm, Lincolnshire. He moved to High Lodge Farm, Leafield, Oxfordshire, between October 1895 and April 1896. He died on the 2nd May 1900. ; Date of photo not given.
Photograph of Frederick (Eric) Matthews (1897-1973) : Date of photograph not known.
F.W.P.Matthews family. Photograph thought to be taken in their garden of Tothill, Shipton under Wychwood. (L to R) Donald Marmaduke (b.1895), Frederick (Eric) - b.1897, Kathleen, F.W.P., Grace, Doris (b.1896). Date of photograph c. 1900-1910
The children of F.W.P.Mathtews at a family gathering at Bury Barn, Burford. A total of nine children, Donald not present, (Back row L to R): Paul (living in the Isle of Man), Lucy, Grace, Sybil, Bill (living in Durban South Africa). (Front row, L to R): Kathleen, Eric (Frederick) and Doris. Date of photograph not given.
A photograph of Grace (nee Calvertt) with her son Donald, ; Date of photograph not given
A photograph of Frederick Matthews of Fifield (further details of his life and career can be found in Ref: 10-ELW1217) ; Date of photograph not given.
Emma Matthews in the greenhouse at The Gables, Fifield.
Frederick Matthews at The Gables (now Snowshill) with Thomas Stephens who later emigrated to New Zealand. ; Date of photograph is not known.
Photograph of Emma Matthews, wife of Frederick Matthews. ; Date Not known.
Photograph of Maria Matthews, daughter of Frederick Matthews. ; Date of photograph possibly the 1940s.
Person, not identified, possibly of the Matthews family.
Fifield Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Procession. Date: 1980
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Please note that the WLHS is a non profit making society, serving the local community. All photographs submitted to the society, unless otherwise directed, are preserved in the society’s archives and may be reproduced for non profit purposes such as magazine articles and papers.
Members of the WLHS who carried out the scans of John Rawlins’ extensive archive of photographs were:
AM: Alan Murphy | AWV: Alan Vickers | CPC: Peter Crofts
CRB: Chris Bailey | CST: Chris Trotman | ELW: Edwin Wilson
IMD: Ian Drainer | JVW : Janet Wiltshire
