Albert Townsend (on left, Frank Hudson's grandfather) at market (I think Abingdon)
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Albert Townsend (on left, Frank Hudson's grandfather) at market (I think Abingdon)
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Albert Townsend (on left, Frank Hudson's grandfather) at market (I think Abingdon)
Albert Townsend (on left, Frank Hudson's grandfather) at market (I think Abingdon)
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Albert Townsend with his pony and trap
Albert Townsend with pony & trap. He bought the Elephant & Castle in 1911 then moved across the road when he bought Castle Farm in 1939 where he raised pigs. He also ran a coal deliver business, collecting the coal in bulk from Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in a once of the first lorries ever owned by someone in Bampton. He used a beautiful horse drawn vehicle as a taxi taking people to and from the station and was basically a true entrepreneur.
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L-R Jack Townsend, young Frank Hudson and Bert 'Shady' Wiltshire
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Daniel Gardner, shepherd and lay preacher.
Daniel Gardner, shepherd and lay preacher.
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Sales brochure for the outlying portions of Lew Estate Sept 27th 1917
Sales brochure for the outlying portions of Lew Estate Sept 27th 1917
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Sales brochure for Lower Haddon Farm March 11th 1949
Sales brochure for Lower Haddon Farm March 11th 1949
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Castle View farm and house c1971
Castle View farm and house c1971
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Agriculture in Bampton, Haddon, Weald, Cote, Aston, Lew, Chimney and Shifford (1807)
General View of Agriculture in Oxon carried out in 1807 published 1813. A general view of agriculture in Oxfordshire carried out in 1807 and published in 1813.
Rates, thrashing mills and tillage. Drilling, wheat, beans and tares. Cattle and Labour.
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