Edgehill
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Edgehill books (8 available)
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Oxfordshire memories
My Banbury gran's village.
My grandmother's name was Amelia Gough and she lived in the second cottage on the right at the bottom of the green on the road to Mollington, water was collected by bucket over the road from a tap in the vicarage wall. She had two children Arthur and Mary, my mother. We lived in Oxford and visited every two weeks arriving Saturday and going back to Oxford Sunday. We went by train to Banbury stopping at every village on the way, then caught a little yellow and green bus to Warmington. I made a lot of friends with the local children, we spent most of the time roaming round the fields, helping on the farm just below the cottages with a ...read more here
A memory of Warmington contributed by Michael Bennett
My Family
The Bull family, we used to live at 4 Duffus Hill. We used to go to the stud where my father worked, back in 1974. We used to go to the village hall for Brownies. We went to the school. We went to Sunday School down Middle Town Lane. We have got loads of memories of Moreton Morrell.
A memory of Moreton Morrell contributed by jenny dixon
Happy Childhood
I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and then in his later years as a gardener. My mother was "in service" at a large house in the village which I think was owned by a family called Passmore. Three of my grandmother's sons were away in the war and they all came home safely. There was Sydney, who was in the Navy, Robert in the Tank Regiment and Frederick who was a Paratrooper. I actually remember them all being de-mobbed after the war and coming home. The village ...read more here
A memory of Wormleighton contributed by Geoff Taylor
mini fishing
I remember fishing here with our mini bottles. Catching minows with wine bottles with the bottom knocked out ( hard to find ). Remember once being trapped under these arches with the river rising and being surrounded by the cows that came down from the field. Very fond memories - shame kids don't get the chance these days to experience such things.
A memory of Shipston-On-Stour contributed by Michael Bailey
Extracts From Edgehill & Oxfordshire books
It is believed that in 1642
there were few trees and no
woods on Edge Hill. Today,
Knowle End Wood, Edge
Hill Wood, Castle Wood
and Edgehill Covert grace
the top of the escarpment,
forming a continuous band
of woodland nearly two
miles long. These lovely
beeches were planted in the
18th century, possibly by the
architect Sanderson Miller.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
It is believed that in 1642
there were few trees and no
woods on Edge Hill. Today,
Knowle End Wood, Edge
Hill Wood, Castle Wood
and Edgehill Covert grace
the top of the escarpment,
forming a continuous band
of woodland nearly two
miles long. These lovely
beeches were planted in the
18th century, possibly by the
architect Sanderson Miller.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
It was on the escarpment of Edge Hill (in the background of this photograph) that Charles I unfurled his standard
in 1642 before the first major battle of the Civil War. The actual battle took place below the escarpment in the much
flatter area between Radway and Kineton. It is forbidden to visit the battlefield today because it is occupied by a
Ministry of Defence depot.
An extract from from"Warwickshire Revisited Photographic Memories".
An extract from from"Leamington Spa Town and City Memories".
Mrs Hitchman, widow of Dr
Hitchman, donated the site for this
church together with a large sum of
money. St Mary’s was built between
1877 and 1878 by John Cundall in
brick with a prominent steeple. The
interior is brick-lined. The tower
was a mere 75 feet high and has
been cemented over. In 1875 the old
three-decker pulpit was removed and
the font re-located. The horse and
carriage gives a tranquil atmosphere
on a road which now leads to an
industrial estate.
An extract from from"Leamington Spa Town and City Memories".





