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Here we present a series of snapshots of Wychwoods village life taken from the Society’s publication “The Wychwoods Album” edited by Sue Jourdan and Sue Richards. “The Wychwoods Album” is one of two publications from the mid to late 1980s which featured a variety of images of the Wychwoods. These publications are now out of print, and so we record on these pages the images which were selected for them. Along with the images, we also include the verbatim text which accompanied them at the time of publication.

Here are the introductory remarks to the first volume:

Shipton under Wychwood and Milton under Wychwood are adjacent villages in the valley of the river Evenlode in West Oxfordshire, on the eastern edge of the Cotswold Hills near the once royal forest of Wychwood.

They have provided the setting for an extensive number of old photographs recording many aspects of work and leisure, some by professionals like Frank Packer and Percy Simms of Chipping Norton, William Butt of Bourton-on-the-Water and Henry Taunt of Oxford.

However, many of the photographers remain unnamed. The names of people in the photographs have been included as space has permitted. We apologise for any inaccuracies and shall be pleased to hear from anyone who can set the record straight or provide further detail.

We should like to thank Mike Linfield and Norman Frost for letting us use the collections that they have accumulated and for the information that they have been able to provide. We feel sure that they in turn would join us in thanking the people of the Wychwoods and neighbouring villages for lending us their photographs and sharing their memories.

We also thank Malcolm Graham of the Oxfordshire Library Service for his help and for permission to use part ofJeffery’s Map of Oxfordshire, and the Oxfordshire Museum Services, Woodstock, who now own the Packer archive.

Sue Jourdan and Sue Richards

The Wychwoods Local History Society acknowledges with gratitude the financial support provided by Milton and Shipton Parish Councils, and the many subscribers who were prepared to support the project.

The secretary of the Society always welcomes local photographs to copy for the archives and would therefore be delighted to be put in touch with any additional sources.

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