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Radcot maps
Historic maps of Radcot and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Radcot maps
Historic map of Radcot
Illustrated Victorian map of Oxfordshire
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Radcot books
Displaying 3 of 3 books about Radcot and the local area. View all Radcot books
Oxfordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Abingdon Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
Henley-on-Thames Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
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Although I have been to RAF Brize Norton a few times I have never actually seen the place with the name Brize Norton as each time I have on army duty and taking off on an RAF plane!
In the 1970s I flew with members of my regiment several times to Germany and Malta and RAF Brize Norton supplied the... [more]
Shared on 06 October 2008
My father was a bank manager in Faringdon in the 1970s and managed the accounts of the Pusey estate and the Hornby family, owners of the estate. On one occasion, during an annual fete, Dad was asked to act treasurer of the fete. He asked me to help him. On that day, two Puseys were in Pusey village.
My Pusey... [more]
Shared on 03 June 2008
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My father was stationed at Arnhem Camp in the 1960s, he was a paratrooper. The Paras at Watchfield were 16th Parachute Heavy Drop. I attended Watchfield Primary School and have fond memories of my time there, two teachers stand out in my mind, Mrs Late and Mr Biggs. In my day the village had a Jet petrol station and next... [more]
Shared on 16 August 2009
Paras at Watchfield in the 1950s
Yes, I lived on the Watchfield housing estate from 1952 to 1953. Large numbers of paras and their equipment were dropped regularly at the airfield. Trainees jumped from large silver barrage balloons, but experienced paras from aircraft, often dozens at a time. The equipment canisters, jeeps, etc., came down with colour-coded parachutes. It was famously one of the sites used in... [more]
Shared on 05 June 2009
Extracts From Radcot & Oxfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Radcot, inspired by Frith photos.
Abingdon Photographic Memories
The Crown and Thistle Hotel, first mentioned in 1605, was a coaching inn, and one of the town's best known ones. It is still popular, and has the truncated remains of its inn courtyard within – we see it here from the yard end of the carriageway through the building. The further part of the yard in this view now has a roof supported on posts to give shelter to tables and chairs.
This is an extract from Abingdon Photographic Memories.
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Abingdon Photographic Memories
Skirting the modern shopping centre, our tour reaches Stert Street, which runs south towards the Market Place; in the 1890s, it was one of Abingdon's main shopping streets. On the right, W H Hooke's bookshop (now a jeweller's) is the start of the market place encroachment. We are looking towards St Nicholas's Church. Until 1883, only its tower was visible; then two pubs which jutted into the street, one on each side, were demolished for road improvement. Little survives on the left... [more]
This is an extract from Abingdon Photographic Memories.
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Abingdon Photographic Memories
The Fraternity of the Holy Cross built the two bridges, the causeway across Nag's Head Island, and then the long causeway that runs south for over a thousand yards across the flood plain to Culham, where they built a five-arched stone bridge between 1416 and 1422. Culham Bridge crossed the cut dug for Abbot Orderic in 1052 and known as the Swift Ditch. It is difficult... [more]
This is an extract from Abingdon Photographic Memories.
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