View of Church Street Shipton about 1900 - reproduced from a Taunt postcard
Poplar Farm Milton under Wychwood showing car and outbuildings
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood. Showing Calais Field Bridge over the stream. Calais Cottage is on the left and Homestead is on the right. c. 1909
Butchers Arms c1910-20's. Here we see Parsloe, then the landlord, with cycle and two of his sons. The cottage behind them has been since knocked down, replaced with a demolished rebuilt with a flat above and garage below. Photo probably by Frank Watts phot before moving to Stonesfield.
St Michael's House owned by Alfred Meecham as a mill. Date of photograph not known.
Averys general store Shipton estimated early 1930s., The man on the left is believed to be Percy Avery
View from the ball on top of the church spire taken by J Wells of Burford on June 27th 1893
Lane House Farm House, Milton Road, Shipton under Wychwood. Date: c. 1947 (See also Sue Jourdan's photos October 1999)
High Street Milton under Wychwood - George Baughan thought to be in front of present Cotham Cottage August 13th 1918. He was a Coal Merchant at Shiption Station. In 1900 he had a house The Shrubbery (now Cotswald) built at the corner of Frog Lane / Shipton Road. George appears in photos at Shipton Station.
Postcard street scene by the church early 1900s
Long House Farm, High Street. Edwin Townsend (born 1864) on horse with Ethel (born1867), Ann, wife of Charles Townsend (born 1858), Sophia, wife of Edwin Townsend, Sophia born 1852/or Sarah born 1853
The Baptist Chapel, Leafield. The building has been converted to a domestic residence (1990s). The Wireless Station masts can just be seen in the distance. Date: not known
Potters Hill Farm (near Leafield) and Dennis's Grandfather. Date: not known (but reference on the back 48/49 could be 1948-1949)
Across the Evenlode Valley. View along the road from Milton under Wychwood towards Lynham. View shows the railway (Cotswold Line), the house on the right would be the crossing keeper's house.
Milton Cottage in The Heath: with residents, the Barnes family in 1912
Lyneham Road, Kohima cottages c1920s/30s
St Michael's College Shipton under Wychwood
Shipton Post Office after refurbishment in 1908. Note damage to front right of neighbouring house where rendering has been removed. See also Wychwoods Album Online
Sbipton Post Office about 1909. Note poster reads Lloyd George scuttles the ship - Damage to neighbouring house caused by refurbishment has been repaired
Children at the top of Chapel Lane Shipton around 1900. The building at the right were cowmen's cottages. Doreen Barnes was born there. They were later knocked together and refurbished to form The Spout, residence of John and Margaret Hartley. Note the thatched house down the lane
Prebendal farm Shipton about 1900
Hathaway's shop High Street Shipton 1930s. Originally Dees stores, the shop was built in 1919 when Mr Dee moved from his premises opposite Shipton Lodge. The drapery section was upstairs with the groceries below. Deliveris were made to surrounding villages by Stanley Gorton seen here with Mary Barnes and the Model A Ford van. The railings around the shop went in the war effort in 1940
An old postcard of Shipton Probably before 1920s. Shows the old Prebendal farm
Post Card photograph of Shipton Water Mill (to the left of Photo) taken from 'Lower End' Milton Road Shipton under Wychwood. The cottage (nearest on the left) and the Mill House burnt down leaving only "Mill Cottage" (hidden by trees) standing today. (Before electricity installed) Date: late 1920s
New Beaconsfield Hall Shipton under construction 1998
View of the upper end of the High Street from Dangerfields down. Predominantly on the West side. 19th century.Note the road sweepings (for sale!). Stone Porch, Cotham Cottage, Redwood No42, Dormer House formally Enfield House, Cottage and Pub (row) knocked down. Also Hunt and Townsend Office and Coal house in the far distance
London House, High Street Milton under Wychwood
Cottages opposite Baptist Chapel in High Street Milton under Wychwood, mid 1930s
Last cottage on the right out of Milton under Wychwood
Shipton Mission Church, Upper End. Image from sometime between the 1930s and the 1950s
Bank House Shipton estimated 1900s
The Lodge, Shipton under Wychwood. A Coombes postcard.posted in 1904. ( The Coombes family owned and ran the old post office in Shipton. They commissioned a series of postcards which they then sold in their shop).
Bradley's Garage Forecourt before demolition in 2003
Ascott under Wychwood church as seen from the graveyard from a South Easterly angle
Ascott under Wychwood. Postcard stamped Dec 10 02 (10th December 1902). From Dot to Miss N Watts - Rangers Lodge , Charlbury. Stamp "Half Penny" with image of King Edward VII.
Ascott under Wychwood. Shipton Road with Swan Public House on left
Ascott under Wychwood. Old Tiddy Hall with two ladies. Circa 1930s
Ascott under Wychwood. Tiddy Hall with group of ladies early 1900s
Ascott under Wychwood. Chestnut Close now called Wychwood Manor with group of workmen (perhaps the builders?)
Ascott under Wychwood church as seen from the graveyard from a South Easterly angle
Ascott under Wychwood - pre 1950 village scene. Churchyard on left - Crown farm with Crown Farm Cottage and School House on the right
Ascott under Wychwood - The Old Forge.- Early 1900s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood. The Homestead in the late 1930s Rear view probably after the sale from E.J. Rawlings to ?? Hartley. Note there is no central main door as now
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - The Homestead in the late 1930s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - The Homestead late 19th century. This is possibly Mr Lawrence Franklin's family in the 1870s before emigrating to New Zealand. Note the agricultural labourer's family housed in the left portion. At this time the farmer was Mr Stokes
The Homestead , Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood. The bungalow on the right is possible Farmden House.
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood. Frogmore House (1920-1930) - later Forest Lodge in the 1930s, and then Forest Gate from the 1950s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood. Displaced Persons Camp in the 1950s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - looking towards Shipton Road, probably before 1910. Note the thatched houses on Shipton Road
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - towards Shipton Road
Green Lane Milton under Wychwood
Milton under Wychwood - The Vicarage from the meadow
Milton Church Road from the Post Office turn, with Little Hill Farmhouse on the left c.1910
Milton Church Road: Blenheim House (formerly Robobath House)
Milton Church Road: Blenheim House
Milton: Church Road shows Post Office, Quart Pot & Blenheim House 1936/7
Milton: Bruern Road 1920
Milton: Lyneham Road cottages c.1910
Milton: Lyneham Road Kohima now Heath House c1900.
Milton: Lynham Road Kohima cottages Jan 2000
Milton: Lyneham Road Kohima cottages c1920s
Milton: Lyneham Road Kohima cottages c1920s
Milton: Lyneham Road Kohima cottages 1960s
CofE Industrial School for Girls Shipton under Wychwood circa 1910
Alfred Meecham at St Michael's Shipton under Wychwood, 2001
The Garden Fete Bruern Abbey 1911
Shipton Lodge to Milton Lane ariel view early 1930s
Former St Michael's Home Shiption prior to demolition in 1989
Former St Michael's Home under demolition 1989
Entrance to site of former St Michael's Home Shipton 1990
Willis Court Shipton under construction May 1993
Langley Farm south of Leafield. Built in 1858 but incorporating parts of the original Tudor hunting lodge belonging to Henry VII
Langley Farm. Farm incorporates part of hunting lodge of Henry VII. This is the royal insignia.
Old Waterhouse, Simons Lane Upper End. 1990.
Shipton. Upper End. Barry Don cottage erected by Jack Hawkes in 1920s.
Shipton. Upper End. Barry Don 1920s Bungalow now replaced by so-called Ecological House. Was lived in by Mr and Mrs Harris.
Shipton, Fiddlers Hill. The far cottage in the row in the centre is of J. Wilkinson. Once the home of Smiths & McShea (Walter & Amy (late Morrison))
Notices about the start of Sinnels Field development. 1977.
One of the first houses under construction in Sinnels Field. 1977.
Photo taken by John Rawlings to show how Dutch Barns replaced Stone Barns in the 1920s/30s. Five in 1930s. Dutch Barn replaced by Silos . Shows cupboards in the Dutch Barn. Taken in 1996.
Hill View Cottages. Once occupied by Harris and Miles families. Cottages back to back to similar cottages in Swinbrook Road. Occupied by Busby and Harris family. (Bill Harris, Geoff Miles)
Clutterdene Bungalow. Ex Witney airfield, erected by Arundell's family. It was burnt down (deliberately) after careful removal of asbestos etc.
Baptist Chapel Shipton before conversion. 1995.
Baptist Chapel Shipton conversion, 1995.
Photo by John Rawlings of Waterworks Cottage. On approach side of the lane to Chapel. Erected by RDC to house pumping equipment to control village water supply in 1940s. Supply from Trotts Spout . March 2002.
Trotts, Chapel Lane early 1900s. Looking NE to two semi-detached cottages. One on right served as Court laundry. Baptist Chapel. Springside to left of the Chapel. Rear of cottages top left, now The Spout.
People watching the Heythrop Hunt in Shipton 1938 in front of Avery's General Stores. John Rawlings notes tell us that the lady on the left behind the pram is Mrs Ken Miles. The girl with hands in her pockets and plaits is Stella Strand; the lady in the check coat is Mrs Jim Harris; the man at the back - in front of the window - is Tommy Hopkins.
Fair in Church Street Shipton 1959 Ladies from the left: Mrs Hall, Mrs Simms, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Moss, Mrs Siford and Phyllis Smith. Miss Moss lived in Rose Cottage in background (see deckchair). Mrs Siford was the mother of Phyllis Smith both lived in the house next to Miss Moss (now Kelcot)
Cottage in Magpie Alley Shipton. No information on the source or on the lady. Probably 1920s.
Magpie Alley Shipton. Probably Bradley family. Probably 1920s Possibly Fred Bradley, Reg Bradley and Charles Shepherd (brother in law of Reg)
Len Shepherd and Betty Powell at Salisbury Place in Church Street Shipton. Probably 1940s
Salisbury Place Church Street Shipton in the 1940s. Probably the figure is Len Shepherd
School House, Church Street, Shipton. Note the door has now been replaced. Probably 1940s
Opening of the New Beaconsfield Hall 4 July 1998. Rosie the first hall manager is in the red shirt, John Hartley at the mike, Rev Graham Canning, Belinda Willson, Malcolm Cochrane leaning against the wall.
First council houses in Shipton. Once called Crown Cottages or Crown Meadow Cottages built on land bought from Crown Inn Trustees, 1930/31
First Shipton council houses 1930/31. Known as Crown Cottages or Crown Meadow Cottages built on land bought from Crown Inn Trustees.
Barns at Prebendal farm
Early photograph of Prebendal House before development
Old bungalows by station road filling station. .Demolished around 2005. Photo by John Rawlins 1987.
Station Road Shipton police house. Date stone reads 1925. One of several built by Oxford Construction in Churchill and Shipton built with stone from Hobbs Quarry. Down Hollow (now a camp site on turning to Chadlington on A361) . Photo by John Rawlings 1987
Top of High Street, Trotts Lane/Chapel Lane. Cottage on the right is now The Spout. Note the cottage on the left with thatched roof. Early 1900s.
Ascott under Wychwood church from the graveyard
Ascott under Wychwood church
Ascott under Wychwood vicarage - postcard
Court Farm Shipton
Barn in Shipton before conversion. Probably Springhill Upper Farm
R J Bradley's Garage Station Road Shipton probably 1946. The car is a post war Austin Seven belonging to Bob Coombes as reported to Alan Vickers. United Woodworking Co Tillyard on the left.
The Butchers Arms Milton
Cottage opposite the Pound, Milton High Street, 1900s
Ted Coombes' Bungalow in Milton Road, Shipton under Wychwood. Date: 1980s
Milton Old Blacksmiths Forge now converted to a private dwelling named 'Corner House' 1982
Milton Lynham Road c1920/30s
Station Road garage before alterations 1987. Originally built by W H Rawlins of Milton to couteract trade generated by R J Bradleys nearer the station on the left.The bungalows were already attracting adverse comments in the 1930s. Photo by John Rawlings.
Fairspear House Leafield. Now the home of John Cochrane. Formerly the home of Farmer Calvert. Given by Mary Lockwood of the Ridings Leafield whose mother was in service there.
The Shipton saddler's shop around 1900. Girls on the left are Hannah (born 1869) and Winifred (born 1870) In the doorway is James Alfred "Puffer" Willis a saddler born 1865
Bradley's Garage forecourt 1980 ie before demolition to make way for Bradleys development 2003
Bradleys Garage before demolition around 2002
Bradleys garage before demolition to make way for the Bradleys development 2003
The old telephone exchange in Shipton before conversion into a house
Avery's yard with part of Pearce's House 1974, in Shipton
First two houses in Ascott Road early 1900s
Postcard of Grove Farm Shipton
First houses at Courtlands Close
The Dower House Shipton in 1960s showing the old Walnut tree before it died
Barn in Shipton before conversion. Probably Upper Farm but could be Springhill
Barn in Shipton before conversion. Probably Upper Farm but could be Springhill
House of Mr Preece the Stationmaster at Shipton. Built 1896. At that time presumably there was no official Stationmaster's house until one was built in the late 1940s for Mr Rose. Picture apparently taken in the 1970s
House in Station Road Shipton built 1900 as a dancing school. At one time lived in by George Bradley, the haulier
Glenhurst Station Road 1910s or 1920s
Glenhurst Station Road built 1900 by Graham Arundell's father. Name and date is on the stone plaque. Note no development on the opposite side of the road.Photograph probably 1900. Note on the back says it was the home of George Bradley
Bradley's Station Garage Station Road in disused state following opening of Central Garage. Taken between 1945 and 1950
Two cottages on the Eastern side of Station Road Shipton. The left cottage s the former home of R.W.N. Goss, one time secretary at F.W.P.Matthews Mill. Called Falklands because of his connection with the Goss of the Falklands islands. Built by Matthews for their staff.
Pratley's hardware shop, Milton
The old Shipton Village Hall demolished in 1999
Salisbury Place Shipton 1962 before it was extended. The John family whose father was the Headmaster at Shipton Primary School 1956-1963 lived here.
Johnson's Garage Shipton 1960s
Cottages by Johnson's Garage
Johnson's garage Shipton before rebuild
The Quart Pot Inn, High St. Milton under Wychwood
Milton under Wychwood Poplar Farm House High St. The garden is now gone and is now the site of 20-28 High St.
High St. Milton under Wychwood - Poplar Farm House
Poplar Farm Milton under Wychwood - after the demolition of most of the farm. Only the stables on the right remain - two new building had already been erected in the paddock behind the stables
Poplar Farm Milton under Wychwood
Milton under Wychwood - Zoar Baptist Chapel (Strict Calvanist) - Hawkes Yard / The Terrace. Converted to a dwelling 1990
Milton under Wychwood - Zoar Baptist Chapel (Strict Calvanist) above vestry doors to gallery on left - Hawkes Yard / The Terrace
Milton under Wychwood - Zoar Baptist Chapel (Strict Calvanist) above the vestry stairs down to the vestry on the ground floor - Hawkes Yard / The Terrace
Milton under Wychwood - Zoar Baptist Chapel (Strict Calvanist) - Hawkes Yard / The Terrace -rear view
Milton under Wychwood - Zoar Baptist Chapel front view from The Terrace
High Street Milton under Wychwood - Terrace House in the 1920s
High Street Milton under Wychwood - Enfield House - home of The Dales 1930s - home of Mrs E J Rawlins 1960s - home of Roger and Grace Rawlins 1990s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Calais Cottage 1968
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Calais Cottage 1990
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - The Homestead c.1980 - corrugated iron roof on the right
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Ravenswood (now) with thatch
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Burrus late 1930s in the garden of what is now Stone Cottage. Anchorage in the distance (now Orchard House). Between the man and house is the present entrance to The Sands
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - now Graystones
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - now Graystones
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Holmfield c. 1930 now Woodville (since 2000)
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - P.O.W. camp 1940s. Unidentified individual
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - P.O.W. camp 1940s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Displaced Persons Camp
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Displaced Persons Camp 1950s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Displaced Persons Camp 1950s
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - 21st April 1958
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - towards Shipton Road
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood
Milton under Wychwood - Green Lane
Green Lane Milton under Wychwood - these houses once formed the boundary of the old village green. 1865
Ascott under Wychwood - view from churchyard - grange at bottom - circa 1916
Ascott under Wychwood - 1916 High Street looking east just past Corner House Farm buildings before Long House Farm
Ascott under Wychwood - village scene circa 1900 - looking north towards station?
Ascott under Wychwood - post office - postcard by Percy Simms Chipping Norton
Ascott under Wychwood - Doris Warner's Home
Ascott under Wychwood - post office showing Doris Warner at the door
Ascott under Wychwood - farmhouse near AUW - possibly High Lodge or Potters Hill. Edwardian period. Could be High Lodge - it is a double pile house
Ascott under Wychwood - The Vicarage
Ascott under Wychwood - Vicarage from front of house. Post card (Percy Simms - Chipping Norton)
Ascott under Wychwood school photo early 1900s
Ascott under Wychwood school - circa 1900
Ascott under Wychwood railway station building
Ascott under Wychwood - Manor Farm - photo from a postcard that was sent from Ascott in 1904
Ascott under Wychwood. Ascott Manor 1999
Shipton court. Treehouse
Shipton Court
Shipton under Wychwood: High Street, view looking north east by The Green. On the right is the Memorial Fountain and the War Memorial. The shop is Dee's Stores (latterly Costcutter
View of the Crown Hotel and the High Street from Church Street and The Green.
View looking north along High Street from Church Street and The Green. Points noted include: a Ford Model T - with solid tyres;Fred Vernalls - telegram delivery boy (in the centre) No electric cables (only telephone cables). A sale/market being held at 'The Crown'. Date: pre 1930
High Street by The Crown Inn. View looking north along the High Street where traffic is parked; possibly a stock sale is ongoing on land behind the Crown Inn. Date: c.1930s
The Crown Inn, view from the front showing the new 'Shaven Crown' sign. Date: not known, but possibly late 1930s (as the RAC and AA signs in photo are not present)
Aerial photograph of the new Leafield Technical Centre - TWR-1. Date: c 1990s
Aerial view of Leafield Technical Centre Date: c. 1990s
A house in Church Westcote. Date: 1907
View across The Green, Shipton under Wychwood, towards St.Mary's Church and the extension to Salisbury Place, the house on the right of the photograph. The Green has been extended and only one tree remains. The man walking across the Green is known as The Cider King from Lyneham.
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood. View of The Residence from the South Lawn Date: 1913
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood View of Coldstone Farm House Date: 1913
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood. View of Grove Farm House. Date: 1913
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood Aerial View (original photo) of Shipton Court and its immediate surroundings. Note (bottom left) the kitchen gardens and glasshouses, now the site of Court Close. Date: possibly about 1930s
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood. Shipton Village celebrations on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - a dinner and sports in Shipton Court Walks. Date: 1897
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood. West face of the Stable Block taken from the main road, High Street, with the entrance to the Wild Garden on the right. From the portfolio of Alfred Groves and Son of work done on the Court. Date: not known
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood. View of the Court house from the gardens . Photo: possibly by Frank Packer of Chipping Norton. Date: not known.
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood. Photo of The Coursing Meet in the stable block yard at Shipton Court. Date: not known possibly 1920s.
Shipton Court: Shipton under Wychwood Photo of The Heythrop Hunt assembling in Shipton High Street outside the Stable Block of Shipton Court. Photo: From negatives supplied by Mary McNeill (possibly Thomson) via Margaret Ware. Date: not known; possibly 1920s.
This photograph was taken on the farm land before the building of houses in The Sands. Michael Bradley is the lad on the horse 'Bagtie'. Roy Ridley was the farmer of this land and Little Hill Farm. Bradleys then lived in a bungalow at the top of The Square nearest The Sands. W.R.Ridley owned cottages opposite. (see sale reference in the Oxford Times. Date: c.1933
Mrs Gosford (on left) and Miss Win Turner on holiday in Paignton. Mrs Gosford lived at The Nook" in The Square; Win Turner at "Cotswold". Date Early 1930s
Milton under Wychwood. Postcard of photo taken from the side lawn.
'Holmleigh', Jubilee Lane, Milton under Wychwood. View: 'Holmleigh' on the left; was two cottages but now one house. Bleak House behind the trees. View looking towards High Street Date: not known (probably 1930s)
Photo taken in the Orchard Garden of 'Bleak House' Left to Right: John Goldingham - nephew of the Batt family Ken Rawlins - gardener for the Batt family 1920s -1950s Cyril Bridgeman - 'helper' from Pear Tree Close; may have been paid. Later worked for Wessex Electricity Date: 1930s
Batt Family Wedding Group at 'Sunrise House' (formerly 'Bleak House') Left to Right: Miss Margaret Batt Mrs Alice Batt Mr Charles Batt Henriette - Dutch lady working as domestic at Sunrise House Gunther - a German P.O.W., the Groom Date: 1946/7
Mr Holborough (Snr.) of Upper Milton. Property sold in 2001 for £400,000. Photograph by Pickett of Witney. Date: 1920
Rebuilding The Old Bakehouse, Upper Milton. Mr Smith and Mr Fred Silman. Mr Smith, father of Amy (later Morrison) & Walker (m Vi Miles). Date: c1930
Lower Farm, Upper Milton. Barns and yards seen prior to planning application prior to conversion for dwellings. Photo by Norman Frost taken before redevelopment at the Farm.
Lower Farm, Upper. Milton. Barns prior to deveopment. Date: 1987
Harry's Cottage, Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood after rebuilding. Date: c.1980
Photo from a PostCard (top-left torn). Mr Dale's Cottage on the left, Harry's Cottage on the right. Lower Farm in the background. One Milton's street taps with blue-brick surround on the right.
'Lovegrove', Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood. A row of cottages now made into one cottage and occupied by the Richards family from 1930s to 1980s. Date: possibly c.1905
New Manor Farmhouse (in the background), Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood. Packer's Car parked (photographer). Postcard Date: not known
Old Manor Farmhouse, Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood Date: not known
Manor Farm, Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood. Carter Wiggins and Jo Hedges in front of harvested mangolds. Date: not known
Manor Farm, Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood. Jo Hedges on a mowing machine. Date: not known
Manor Farm, Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood. Kath Cooper (then; Timms) on a tractor. Date: not known
Copy of a photograph of Leafield Wireless Station taken from Shipton Downs, Shipton under Wychwood. Date: not known
Village Green and Pond in Leafield. Date: not known
Photograph of new building work of the Power House at the Leafield Wireless Radio Station site. Date: not known
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