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Shenington maps
Historic maps of Shenington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Shenington maps
Shenington photos
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Edgehill| Compton Wynyates| Horley| Warmington| Broughton| Kineton| Banbury| Bloxham| Barford St John
Shenington area books
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Oxfordshire memories
School Holidays in Wartime Shutford, nr Banbury, Oxon.
My earliest memories of Shutford date back to around 1944, when as an eleven year old schoolboy I spent summer holidays with my grandfather Fred Turner (son of plush weaver Amos Turner), who at that time lived in Weald Cottage. Grandfather Fred was my mother's father, and my mother would bring myself and my two sisters, Shirley and Pamela, to spend part of the summer holidays in Shutford. We had a number of relatives in Shutford in those days and we were living in north London during the war, so a visit to Shutford gave us all a break. My father would spend a small part of our holiday with us and had arranged a train journey that got us to Banbury without having to travel into London to the station at Paddington! This route headed north west out of Watford via Bletchley, Winslow and Buckingham and eventually arrived in Banbury via a single-track line with many stops at tiny halts, and I... Read more
The Coleman And Coleman-Cooper Families
I am researching my family who were farming labourers at Barn farm in the 1800s. My great great great great grandfather was John Coleman who had a wife Anne and two children John and William. William son went to the Crimea and later married Eliza. John must have married at some point and had a son Caleb George Coleman-Cooper that leads me to think he married a Cooper. Caleb George was brought up by his uncle William and settled in Kensington, London. So I think John must have died young. I would love to hear from any Coleman or Cooper descendants from Sibford Gower and surrounds.
Theodode Lamb
Are there any photos of Theodore Lamb? I remember him very well.
The Good Old Days
I lived in Mollington from 1948 until 1962. We lived in one of two cottages, set back off the main street, and at the bottom of our gardens was the road, then the row. I remember the Avahes and Harry Robinson. At the top of the lane were the council houses. We had no electric, water, or inside toilet - our toilet was halfway down the garden. At the bottom of our garden was a watercress bed which belonged to the Kirbys, who lived in the first council house (you could buy a bunch for 3d). We were the Coopers, and next door were the Kirbys. Billy Horne had the post office in his front room and then Mrs Stratford had it in her house, next to the pub. In the school there must have been twenty five of us big ones at the back with the little ones at the front - Mrs Hawkins was the teacher. We knew everyone, not only the people but also everyones dogs and... Read more
St Johns Priory (Private Girls School)
I was a pupil at St Johns Priory, and whilst I did not appreciate it at the time, it was an amazing start in life. The Nuns were incredibly strict so we all studied hard. Our classes were really small, by the time I left at the age of 11 I think we only had about 10 people in the year/class.
The two Sisters that I remember have since died (I did get in contact with them only to find one had passed away and the other was quite poorly and later died). I have visited their grave, they are buried together, at the Convent in Birmingham.
St Johns Priory has an amazing history and I have purhcased a book which details how the school was founded etc.
My Time at This Church
I was christened at this church. I was also a choir boy there. I was a choir boy there from 1965 to 1967.
1963 Till 1971
I used to go to this lovely swimming pool. I learnt to swim and dive here, and used to dive off the spring board.
