Nostalgic memories of Ipsden's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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In the late 40's my grandparents the, Lanes, lived just out of Ipsden, we lived in Brightwell cum Sotwel, and we visited them frequently. I remember that the old lady who ran a small shop next to some fields used to collect Roman antiquities after the fields had been ploughed for 'wheat?' and she had quite an extensive collection including whole jars. I still have some of the sherds. I wonder iof any serious work was ...see more
Uxmore Farm is part of Ipsden and is on an old Roman site, and my dad said when they put a tennis court in, they found Roman gold coins there. Uxmore Farm was owned by the Read family for hundred of years, till around the late 1890s when it was rented /purchased by Robert and Frances Hayward (nee Cotterell). Frances's parents were bakers in Reading. Robert's parents were John and Mary Hayward (nee Kitchen of ...see more
Any news /photos/records of Uxmore Farm, Ipsden would be welcome. I have been to Ipsden Heath and Stoke Row, visiting relatives but not actually visiting Uxmore Farm. since my father and grandfather farmed there in the early 1900s I have a particular interest in the area. The Read family owned the farm for hundreds of years then it fell into being not cared for and was eventua'ly rented/sold to Robert James ...see more