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South Moreton maps
Historic maps of South Moreton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all South Moreton maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Oxfordshire
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South Moreton books
Displaying 3 of 4 books about South Moreton and the local area. View all South Moreton books
Oxford Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
Oxfordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Abingdon Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of South Moreton
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Boot Inn 1955, now The Old Boot, a private house
Ceased operation as a pub in 1959. Now (2007) privately occupied by the Beran family. Previous owners were a builder who divided the land, the village schoolmaster, and the Jarvis'. A few relics of its pub days remain with serving hatches still visible and vertical planking in the hallway. The black rectangle to the left of the building was the privy,... [more]
Shared on 14 January 2007
I was born in Cholsey in 1946 and spent probabably the best childhood I could have in a wonderful country village. I attended the village school, I was in the Church Choir and also the Brownies. A wonderful Vicar came to the village in approx 1956 (can't remember the exact year) Mr Bontoft he was called and I became very friendly... [more]
Shared on 03 May 2008
I recently found your site and was excited to show it to Dad. He was evacuated out of central London during WW2. He was sent to live with the Bumpass Family from Cholsey. Andrew and Mary were their names and they had two children Eileen and Dennis. Dad told us lots of happy memories that he had of his time in... [more]
Shared on 23 November 2007
I was evacuated from London to Blewbury Healm-wic Boarding School in 1941 (the thatched cottage shown in the photograph). The Williamson sisters ran the school, owned I believe by their brother, a naval architect (submarines). They opened the school for refugee children, teaching many subjects including Maths, French, English, Literature, Art, Geography and History.
My sister and I spent many happy... [more]
Shared on 28 July 2009
Ingrid Wilson - memories of Wallingford
Hi Ingrid Wilson again,
You can find more info on the Hayward family tree if you visit LODERS in Dorset on this site. Thanks for contact via this site. I have yet to visit Wallingford - it is on my list to visit if I ever get back to the UK again.
yoga-prakash saraswati lunarorange20022@yahoo.com.au--new email
sfrancesten@gmail.com--new email
Shared on 12 July 2009
Hi Ingrid Wilson, pleased this site put us in contact re Hayward family tree.
Contact me at lunarorange2002@yahoo.com.au and I can send info for free. I have brother George in the UK who is up-to-date with UIK cousins more than me, and be pleased to help. He knows some of your relies etc.
yoga prakash saraswati
Shared on 11 July 2009
Hi Ingrid Wilson,
Apologise reply to your query - windows - Francis Frith site got problems connecting, my reply cancelled several times. If I can contact you direct I can give you info about the Hayward family tree free, so far as I have got. You are welcome to assist with further research.
yoga-prakash saraswati
lunarorange20022@yahoo.com.au--new email
sfrancesten@gmail.com---new email
Shared on 11 July 2009
Wallingford during the Second World War
I arrived in Wallingford as a 10 year old boy with my sister and mother on a cold winter February night. We had been bombed out from our house in Dagenham just a few days before and my brother, who was stationed at Benson with the army, had arranged for us to take a room in The Lamb, I believe it... [more]
Shared on 30 April 2009
Extracts From South Moreton & Oxfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about South Moreton, inspired by Frith photos.
The thatched, timber-framed cottages we see on the right date from the 17th century. The lone horse and rider approaching along the High Street, past Walnut Tree Cottage, is a reminder that the village once had a blacksmith and saddler. The village looks peaceful and serene, without a car in sight.
This is an extract from Oxfordshire Living Memories.
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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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