Photographic Archive

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.

A wide selection of photographs relating to the Wychwoods is also available on the Oxfordshire County Council’s Heritage Search website here >>> [Opens in new tab ]

Photographic Archive » Church Westcote
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An early aerial photograph showing Strip Field Cultivation at Church Westcote. Each strip was probably a 'furrow long', i.e. a 'furlong'. Date: c.1935
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A house in Church Westcote. Date: 1907
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Vicar of Church Westcote, The Reverend & Mrs Thomas, his family and servants. Date: August 1918

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All images on our website are low-resolution quality. High resolution versions are available on request to the society. Please contact us for more information.

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




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