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Lew is a place of variety

  • BCA - 2024.6841
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  • 2022

Fascinating memories of the village of Lew and the people who have lived there, along with memorable events by Donald Rouse

Janet Newman

Captain Charles Radclyffe

  • BCA - 2024.6839
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  • 2022

Memories of Captain Charles Radclyffe who lived at Lew House by Donald Rouse

Janet Newman

Lisa Lane, BBOWT Chimney Meadows

  • BCA - 2024.6826
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  • 2022

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.

Janet Westman

Poster selling Standing Corn

  • BCA - 2023.4192
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  • 1890

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.

Janet Westman

Farm Sales Poster - Oxfordshire Down Lambs etc

  • BCA - 2023.4191
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  • 1873

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

Janet Westman

A Lifetime of Farming by Don Rouse

  • BCA - 2023.4184
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  • 2011

Article written by Don Rouse about his life as a Farmer at Backhouse Farm in Weald. Starting in 1943, when he went with his dad Reg Rouse on the tractor and his memories of the land Army Girls and German Prisoners.

Janet Westman

Red Tape cut to help Farmers Fight Floods

  • BCA - 2023.4080
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  • 2013

Newspaper article about red Tape which stands between landowners and Environment Agency.
Waterway Maintenance work to tackle flooding on land in west Oxfordshire

Janet Westman

Old Photo taken behind Landells?

  • BCA - 2023.4068
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  • 1900's

Old Photograph showing horse and cart with a worker, bny thatched farm buildings.
Thought to be behind Landells.

Janet Westman

Bill Hudson (Frank Hudson Father)

  • BCA - 2023.4036
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  • 1947

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

Janet Westman

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