Newspaper cutting from Witney Gazette dated January 12th 2022 The article is about the area called Chimney Meadows a swathe of farmland by the Thames nr Aston. Lisa Lane who works for the BBOWT oversaw the creation of of an entirely new channel for the Thames re-establishing habitats for mammals. birds, fish and insects and rare plants. She was awarded a Marsh Charitable Trust Leadership Award for her efforts in Bringing Wildlife back to a nature-poor landscape, at the same time as battling Cancer. She mapped out the site and masterminded the site at Chimney Meadows Nature and launched the Friends of Chimney Meadows Group of 20 Volunteers.
Poster dated August 18th 1890 advertising the auction of 8 acres of standing corn and 15 Acres of afterfield on Buckland Road. Auctioneers Paxton and Holiday to be held at The Talbot Hotel.
Old Poster dated October 15th 1873. Advertising the sale of Oxfordshire Down Lamb, Cattle, Horses, Hogs and Wool, and Steam Engines. To be sold at Auction b Jonas Paxton and George Castle. At Home Farm Premises, Bampton
This picture must have been taken early in the twentieth century. It shows two ladies, a girl and a boy in charge of a hay cart and shire horse. It is by Meadow Farm along the Buckland Road. The style of cart is that of an Oxford cart.
Suzanne White says "This is a photograph that I have recently found of my great grandfather as a boy, Edward William Portlock (Clarke) - born in 1893 with his sisters Elsie and Eva Portlock outside a cottage where they lived at the time, along the Buckland Road as seen on the 1901 and 1911 census (I found the cottages on google and although now extended can clearly see they are still there). I think the picture would have been taken somewhere around 1906/8. I think the lady with them could be their mother who was called Elizabeth and I think her maiden name could have been Radband-Shepard but if that is the case I can’t find out too much about her."
Newspaper article about red Tape which stands between landowners and Environment Agency. Waterway Maintenance work to tackle flooding on land in west Oxfordshire
Photograph of Bill Hudson with others on a course in 1947. He was Frank Hudson’s father. His wife, one of Dora Townsend’s sisters died when Frank was 7 weeks old and Frank was raised by his grandparents on Castle View farm so Bill could go out to work but Bill lived in Broad Street so saw Frank all the time. At one time Bill worked in Central Garage in the Market Square. In this picture he is seen with people from other outlets for Ferguson Tractors, at the Fifteenth product course on April 29th 1947 where he represented Bathford of Swindon.
Written on the back of the photo are the names of the others Lenfield Engineering (Kent) - A.C. Jacobs Cortlett Sons and Cowley Ltd Isle of Man - Mr H Corkhill Tractors Swindon Ltd Bathfield Mr W Hudson Avon Valley Tractors Ltd Evesham - W.R. Frost Burgess Motors Stafford - E.W. Beard
two maps - A Plan of Lower Hadden Farm from the Auction held in March 1949, and a hand drawn map of same area Auctioneers were Jackson-Stops (Cirencester) With hand written field names as follows Bampton Station Fairford to Oxford GWR Barnleys Pasture Big Barleys Big Row Black Bourton Road Bowlie Ground Bridle Path to Black Bourton Bridle Road Broad Close Cow Leas Far Hill Far Limber Front Field Furse Hill Harps Highmoor Brook Home Close Horn Ground James' Meadow Little Barleys Long Meadow Lower Hadden Farm Middle Hill Mill Barn Copse Near Barleys Near Limber Pike Ground Pond Gardens Rogers Meadow Rushey Row Smart Hill The Big Monk Water Meadows Willow Beds
This picture shows the view down Mount Owen road. The spire of Saint Mary The Virgin church is visible on the skyline and the yellow crop of oilseed rape tells us it is April in 1991