A Short History of Milton-under-Wychwood High Street

Compiled by John A Bennett for the Wychwoods Local History Society

This article was prepared to coincide with Local and Community History Month, sponsored by the Historical Association – May 2021, and to support an exhibition of historic photographs of the High Street at Milton-under-Wychwood Library,

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Introduction | Before the 19th Century | The 19th Century | Shops and Pubs | Religion | 20th and 21st Centuries | Article Intro

High Street Milton
Street sign on High Street opposite to Jubilee Lane

These notes are a synthesis of information held in the journals of the Wychwoods Local History Society and they draw upon the valuable archive of historic photographs of Milton maintained by the Society. Contemporary photographs are the author’s own.

(The author is working on a larger history of the buildings of Milton-under-Wychwood and Upper Milton and if you have any historical background to your own house, please contact the Wychwoods Local History Society via our website: here).

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Introduction | Before the 19th Century | The 19th Century | Shops and Pubs | Religion | 20th and 21st Centuries | Article Intro