High St. Milton under Wychwood. Poplar Farm on the left, blacksmiths on the right. Note the board behind the tap. Taken c. 1900
Pony and Trap in Milton under Wychwood with Rosina Basson
Poplar Farm Milton under Wychwood showing car and outbuildings
George Bradley's lorry registration number UD4346 shown alongside his brother's garage in Station Road Shipton
Harry Mawles in his Wolsey
High Street Milton under Wychwood - outside Mr Puffen's forge
Milton under Wychwood and bridge on Church Road 1927, with waggon and horses
Man on cycle in Shipton, Date unknown. Looking towards Milton.House is Wychwood
Truck in front of United Woodworking c. 1928. The man is Ernie Clemson, till crater
Car is Bob Coombe's. Car was very old and the date of photograph is put at around 1946
Franklin family with donkey cart - Whitsun Monday. The two boys in front of the vehicle were Sydney and Alex, who were both killed in World War One. Date: 1901
Mr Costiff who was the postman who carried mail from Chipping Norton to Shipton under Wychwood. Date: 1890-1900
The Red Horse Inn and junction with Milton Road 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
Wright family haymaking 1938. George Bradley in white hat, John Francis Wright in shorts subsequently a victim of the second world war. Photo by Megan Bradley. The Wright family lived in the cottages just over Littlestock Brook. More about the Wright family
Hospital carnival Saturday 1920. Winterseeds is in background. Fred Bradley in helmet. Wagon depicts Bruce Bairnsfather character Old Bill and his 'ole
Milton Church Road c.1900. Identity of the individual is unknown, but an interesting vehicle.
Milton under Wychwood High Street. Next to Harmans the Butchers on right. Garden of Grove House pulled down with Bert Field's hairdressers put in its place, 1920s. Adolphe Parsloe, landlord of the Butchers Arms opposite) pictured in front.
Front of Harman's Butchers. C1910. E.E.Bradley the manager also ran the Butcher's Arms. Previously butcher at Salisbury
Milton under Wychwood village bus outing ; mid 1930s
Ridley's milk delivery Milton c. 1940
Old tractor probably from the Hartley farm. Hartley's farm was Coldstone Farm with associated buildings on the L shaped bend coming out of Shipton near the Lamb. Another part of the farm was up at Five Ways where a very large house has recently been built.
Tractor at Coldstone Farm about 1942 . Tom Turner with evacuee Jesse Hunt
Ascott under Wychwood - The Old Forge.- Early 1900s
Shipton Court. Mr Newbold. 1970s Court stables in the background
Milton: Church Road shows Post Office, Quart Pot & Blenheim House 1936/7
Alfred Meecham at St Michael's Shipton under Wychwood, 2001
Ascott under Wychwood - The Meet (Heythrop Hunt?) 1920s
Ascott under Wychwood - street scene circa early 1900s
Court Farm Shipton in 1920s
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.
Oxford Bus opposite Baptist Chapel High Street Milton c.1920/30
Lucy Dangerfield
Robert 'Bob' Griffin with steam traction engine and plough
Jack Wilkes 1927
Charles Dore in about 1910, an itinerant hurdlemaker going from farm to farm cutting ash and willow as required. He was also later, a carter for Roy Ridley in Milton. Grandfather of Harold Dore. Died aged 82
Bank House High Street Shipton early 1900s
High Street Shipton 1920s. Notice water coming out of Cospatrick Memorial
Shipton High Street and Green late 1920s. Topsy Coombes (probably) on the right.Probably Cooknells butchers van on the left
Unidentified car possibly belonging to Willis the saddler, in Shipton
The postman Shipton 1900s. Off to sort at Chipping Norton
Hay cart around 1910 possibly at Coldstone Farm Shipton
View from the start of Simons Lane back towards A361 with Olivers store on the right and house on left Date probably late 1980s or early 1990s. Building on right is part of the old tillyard.
Tractor replaces horses Court Farm Shipton c1959
George Bradley's Bedford lorry used in his haulage business. UD 8447 shown in Station Road looking North. Note masked headlights as used for wartime service. Used for moving the possessions of bombed out Londoners
George Bradley's lorry UD8447 in Station Road Shipton
Girls with horsetrap Milton. Probably of Davey the Butcher's family. Girls are, left to right, Rachel, Mary, Rachel ?, Olive and Jessie. Twopenny the horse. Taken August 1943
Mr Day, General Carter in Milton in the 1930s
Mr Keen taken outside Sunrise House Jubilee Lane 1929
Agnes and Ken Earley on Dunelt motorcycle. She became Agnes Miles and died 1987
A Rathbone from Milton
Mr Smith and family living at Farnworth, The Green, Milton Pony and trap was used for taxi work
Horse and trap in front of Townsend stores, the precursor to Averys General Stores in Shipton. Believed to be Mr Townsend on the trap
Two men on motor bike and sidecar. Man on motor bike is relative of Marilyn Watkins (Ernie)
Dorothy Treweek of Shipton who, with her husband, used to deliver milk throughout the village. Photo probably taken late 1940s. Mrs Treweek died in 2018
Vic Avery as a child in his car
Milton under Wychwood with Poplar Farm House on the left c.1930
Poplar Farm Milton under Wychwood
High Street Milton under Wychwood - view towards Gorton's Stores from Stone Porch, mid 1930s - Valerie on saddle with Peggy
Reg Bradley in naval uniform just after WW1 on his motorbike. He founded Bradley's Garage in Shipton next to the main Tillyard on the Chipping Norton Road and was a close friend of Harry Combes
Post Office and High Street, Milton under Wychwood. Probably 1940s
Milton under Wychwood Haymaking at Poplar Farm with Mr and Mrs Wells
Poplar Farm Milton under Wychwood
Frog Lane Milton under Wychwood - Burrus family 1930s - view from Ravenswood across Frog lane to the woods around Shipton Court Lanes
Green Lane Milton under Wychwood. The name on the cart is C A Wells. Mr Wells owned Poplar Farm in Milton
Milton under Wychwood - The Green - Coronation 1937
The Green at Shipton from Packer postcard posted in Shipton 1931 to Sonny Longshaw. Note on the back says Alan Leach standing on the Green
Ascott under Wychwood railway station and crossing with steam train (goods)
Ascott under Wychwood - tree lined road - man on bicycle
Ascott under Wychwood. Warners and self propelling combine harvester
Ascott under Wychwood. Tug of war by airplane (at airfield?)
Foster's Traveling Shop May 1948.Taken from article in National Geographic Magazine May 1948 entitled By Cotswold Lanes to Wold's End By Melville Bell Grosvenor.The boy on the far left is Fred Russell
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
Dee family, Mr and Mrs Dee and daughter Mary in their Model T Ford car. Date: c.1923
Jubilee Lane, Milton under Wychwood. Mr A.T.Keen on his cycle Date: not known
Jubilee Lane, Milton under Wychwood. Mr Keen's grand-daughter on the old cycle decorated for the 1937 Coronation
New Manor Farmhouse (in the background), Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood. Packer's Car parked (photographer). Postcard Date: not known
Manor Farm, Upper Milton, Milton under Wychwood. Kath Cooper (then; Timms) on a tractor. Date: not known
This accident to Cooknell's Butchers Van is thought (John Rawlins) to be just off the road to Milton before you descend Quarry Hill. The 'covers' on the left of the road which were cut down during the first years of WW2. The van also appears in a photograph of a bus coming up High Street near The Green. Date: possibly 1932
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