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Historic maps of Enslow and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Enslow maps
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Tackley| Woodstock| Bladon| Kidlington| Lower Heyford| Steeple Aston| Wytham| Eynsham
Enslow area books
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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
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.
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.
Oxford Road
I lived at 253 Oxford Road in the 1950s. Visited the old house in 2006 while visiting from Canada.
Grove Farm
in the late 1960s we moved to 32 Yarnton Road. My dad and grandad worked the land of Grove Farm before the housing development took place. During 1970s an archaeological excavation took place in the area surrounding Moat Cottage. I did my fair share of trench digging. We found a few walls, some pottery and that was about it! Hats off to Time Team, they do it in 3 days, we had months...
I Used to Live Along There
I moved to 274, Oxford Road with my family in 1959. I lived there until marrying in 1978. The school bus collected me from outside my house and took me to Begbroke. At age 14 I moved to a school in Oxford City and caught the public bus thereafter.
Childhood Memories
I remember the winter of 1947 when the snow stopped us going to school at Lower Heyford. I can't remember for how long although it seemed weeks. My father farmed at Daisyhead Farm and he and Ernie Knapton and Billie Butler took milk on a tractor and trailer over fields to the station at Lower Heyford. This was because the roads were blocked with snow and the milk lorry couldn't get through. We children went for a ride with them. We were able to go back home by the road as someone, I think Ernie's brother, had made a way through with a scoop on the front of his tractor that was used to clear slurry in the farmyards. The summers were very happy.We didn't have electicity and no televisions which had just come back after the war. What you didn't have you didn't miss. The outdoors were an adventure playground with no one worrying about Health and Safety. I wish we had have had photos of the village then. We had a... Read more
