You are here:
Bladon
Bladon maps
Historic maps of Bladon and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bladon maps
Bladon area books
Displaying 1 of 7 books about Bladon and the local area. View all books for this area
You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Bladon
Displaying a selection of personal
memories of Bladon.
Add your memory of Bladon
or of a photo of Bladon.
White House
I was born in Bladon in 1954 and the pub in mention was called the White House, I would think the pronounciation if I have spelt it right was in the locals West Oxon way of speach and White Horse can sound the same.
Landlord of White Horse Inn
I believe the White Horse was run by the Pratley family in the 1940s - 1950s. Jack Pratley married my father's cousin, Kathleen (nee Keen).
I am slightly confused as the name of this pub is sometimes recorded as the "White Horse" and sometimes the "White House".
Kathleen's grandparents (my great-grandparents), John and Louisa Jarrett, are buried in Bladon churchyard. John Jarrett lived in Belmont Cottage in Heath Lane, Bladon, until his death in 1947, aged 90. He had been Head Gardener at one of the large estates locally. His daughter, Maggie Maisey, and her husband Jack, continued to live in Belmont Cottage; I believe Maggie (my great aunt) died in the 1980s. Jack Maisey's father used to run the Bell Inn at Long Hanborough.
Sue
Oxfordshire memories
The Bell Inn, Long Hanborough
I have a long line of ancestors from the Jarrett and Maisey families who were born in Long Hanborough.
James Maisey, born in 1852, was originally a game keeper who became landlord of the Bell Inn in the late 1880s. He and his wife Mary Ann (my great-great aunt) had at least ten children. Among them was Frederick Thomas Maisey, who joined the Police Force and worked in Romford, where he met his wife.
After he retired, Frederick took over as landlord at the Bell Inn, which I believe they ran for several years, into the 1940s. They used to keep pigs in the back yard.
In reply to comments on Maisey and Jarrett families in Handborough. My husband is a Maisey descendant from Warwickshire and Handborough. James at the 'Bell' was his great-grandfather's brother, having worked on the Blenheim estate as gamekeepers for many years, his great-grandfather living at the Head Keepers Lodge and Fishery Cottage on the estate. We have a 'tree' back to James and Jane Maisey 1737. Please get in touch. June.
Maisey Family - June, Please Contact me
June, you left a very interesting memory about the Bell at Long Handborough, but it doesn't seem to have a link to contact you.
I would like to compare family trees with you.
Liz
Beckley Family, Long Hanborough
My family can be traced to the 1700s and back to Robert Beckley. I hope to visit the area later this year to see where they lived. If anyone is related to Robert Beckley or any of his descendants I would love to hear from you. My grandfather moved north with his parents but my sister has moved to oxfordshire so "back to her roots" They were a large family so there must be lots of relatives to meet!!!
Get Them in Quick
My mother Pamela Gaskins has often spoken of her days working at the sterling cinema. She was cashier there and has told me she could get a full house in within half-hour, the cheapest being 9 old pennies, the most expensive 3 shillings. Giving change and no automative calculators, quite a feat of mental agility.
