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Frieth maps

Historic maps of Frieth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Frieth maps

Frieth map

Historic map of Frieth

Oxfordshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Oxfordshire

Frieth map

Historic Map of any Frieth postcode

Frieth maps
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Frieth photos

We have no photos of Frieth, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Hambleden, West Wycombe, Medmenham, Marlow, Radnage

Frieth books

Displaying 3 of 3 books about Frieth and the local area.   View all Frieth books

Oxfordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Abingdon Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13

Henley-on-Thames Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Frieth books
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Memories of Frieth

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Oxfordshire memories

Henley on Thames Grammar School

Nobody seems to have mentioned memories of the grammar school. I attended the school during the Second World War when it was shared with a London school who were evacuated there, we used the classrooms in the mornings and the others used them in the afternoon. I remember taking Avril Harrison, a classmate to the cinema one day - my first... [more]

Shared on 24 July 2009 by Brian Carter.

Perfect school days

I was also a pupil at Friar Park from 1955 to 1962. I have nothing but wonderful memories of this amazing school. As a little girl the endless drive with rhododendron bushes eventually opening into this huge circle where an Edwardian Gothic mansion stood, will always be etched in my memory. The incredible sweep of the lawns on the West Terrace... [more]

Shared on 23 June 2008 by Catherine Edwards.

School days

Before becoming the home of George Harrison of the Beatles, Friar Park was run as a school by sisters of the St. John Bosco order. This was my first school and I remember having to walk all the way to the main door along the winding drive each morning, passing by the huge rhododendron bushes which lined each side.  As I... [more]

Shared on 03 March 2008 by Mandy Lester.

Morris Dancers at Nettlebed


I remember coming to Nettlebed in 1993 to play my piano accordian at this pub (and several others!) for Whitethorn Morris.

It was a gorgeous sunny summer day and crowds gathered round to watch the entertainment. Whitethorn Morris is a women's clog morris team from Harrow and they always look smart in their scarlet and blue kit with... [more]

Shared on 03 October 2008 by John Howard Norfolk.

Extracts From Frieth & Oxfordshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Frieth, 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]

This is an extract from Abingdon Photographic Memories.
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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.

This is an extract from Abingdon Photographic Memories.
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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]

This is an extract from Abingdon Photographic Memories.
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