Freeland, Oxfordshire
Freeland maps
Historic maps of Freeland and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Freeland maps
Freeland photos
We have no photos of Freeland, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Eynsham, Bladon, Woodstock, WitneyFreeland books
Displaying 3 of 3 books about Freeland and the local area. View all Freeland books
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Memories of Freeland
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Oxfordshire memories
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,... [more]
Shared on 24 November 2008
I lived in Eynsham for just 6 months when I was 9 years old. My mother was doing her health visitor training in Oxford and so from Monday to Friday we lived in a rented cottage in the village and I attended the local school. At the weekends, we returned to the family home in Stafford. I have such happy and... [more]
Shared on 18 April 2008
As the ex-landlord of the Queens Head in Eynsham have many fond memories of the village and my customers, and cricket club of which I was president-1975-78.
Known as the village with the most pubs, of which i have visited all, including a race in which the contestants had to drink a pint at each pub, i finished some what worse... [more]
Shared on 23 January 2008
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... [more]
Shared on 12 September 2008
Extracts From Freeland & Oxfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Freeland, inspired by Frith photos.
Abingdon Photographic Memories
Until the mid 19th century, Abingdon grew little beyond its Tudor limits, but in the 1860s an estate of villas around a public park was set out to the north of Ock Street. The park itself was presented by Christ's Hospital charity, who ran the almshouses. Little was developed until the later 1870s, but Albert Park heralded a new era of... [more]
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Abingdon Photographic Memories
All Saints' Parish Church was rebuilt in 1837 by William Fisher from Oxford, who kept the plain 13th-century west tower and reused several windows, doorways and arches. He was mainly a builder, but designed a few churches, including St Ebbe's in Oxford (1814-17). Above the porch door is a niche with a modern statue of Jesus with two lambs.
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Abingdon Photographic Memories
The last view in Marcham was taken from the parish church tower looking south-east towards Parkside, a large estate of 1950s former council houses. To the right behind the line of lime trees is the east arm of Church Street, which runs along the south side of the churchyard. To the left and out of view is Denman College, formerly Marcham Park, a late Georgian mansion. Now owned by the National Federation of Women's... [more]
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