Nostalgic memories of Ledwell's local history

Share your own memories of Ledwell and read what others have said

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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I was born at the War memorial Hospital in Chipping Norton in 1945 and I lived at Manor House Farm with my parents. The wilsons were the family who owned and managed the farm. They had three sons Edmund who was the same age and younger twins peter and paul. We moved into 3 Chapel Row Ledwell and had to get our water from a well in the garden. My main memory was the shire horses that Mr. Wilson had to plough his ...see more
Although I have no immediate connection with Ledwell my great-great-grandparents and their family lived here in 1911. His name was George Carpenter and his wife was Alice. They had five children, all being born in Ledwell. In 1911 his job was a farm labourer and their address in 1911 was Ledwell, Steeple Aston. If anyone has any pictures of this area please can I have a look. Thank you, Debbie