Shipton Under Wychwood, The Green 1952
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Photo ref:
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The memorial at the edge of the green was erected in 1878 as a memorial to seventeen parishioners who perished during their voyage to New Zealand. Their ship, the Cospatrick, caught fire near the island of Tristan da Cunha in November 1874. The 15th-century Shaven Crown inn, on the right, was once a guesthouse for visitors to Bruern Abbey.
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A Selection of Memories from Shipton under Wychwood
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Shipton under Wychwood
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My husband was a career officer in the US Air Force. In July, 1971, he was posted to RAF Upper Heyford for four years. We found a house to rent in Shipton - Gale's Green - just two doors from the Shaven Crown. Our daughter was soon to be seven years old, and she attended the school across by the village green. For a while, we were the only Americans, then a family - the Loomis' - from Boston ...see more
My parents, Frank & Joan Roche, moved here from Marsh Baldon with the four of us children in 1950. We lived in the left hand half of what was then called Glebe House, (a writer lived in the other half); the gardens especially the path to the walled garden were lovely. The driveway entrance was opposite the church gates and the lane to the school.
We had two cats Tommy & Smokey & a ...see more
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