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Rose: full contents index 1998-2012 LOOK ANYTHING UP FROM 1998 to the PRESENT the magazine of the Longworth and District History Society (Kingston Bagpuize - Southmoor – Hinton Waldrist – Longworth) VOLUME ONE (Nos 1-24) 1998-2005. Volume TWO (Nos 1-24) 2006- 2013

1 Agriculture – Farming 7 Research – Finds – Objects 2 Buildings Villages (Hinton. Longworth. KBS) 8 People – Personalities 3 Docu-Dramas 9 Places 4 Education – Childhood – Youth 10 Traditions –Dance – Celebrations – Clubs 5 Local Literature 11 War – Civil War - Battles 6 Maps – Plans 12 Work - Industry - Crafts - Trade -Transport

1 AGRICULTURE - FARMING 19C FARMING Philip Pusey 1799-1855, pioneer of farming change (Nigel Hammond). V1 (16) 190-191 APPLES Apples: part of village life (Janet Keene & Jan Kelly) V2 (2) 13-19 CONVERSATION Starting work in farming (LHS archives) (Jan Kelly and Janet Keene). V1 (13) 146-147 DIVINING Water divining reveals an old drainage system (Roy Pointon) Tucks Lane. V1 (7) 76-77 DOMESDAY Domesday 1086 Hinton / Kingston / Longworth / Stanton in the Vale V2 (21) 245 FARMING 1965 Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor in 1965 (based on 1965 WI project). V1 (5) 54 FARMING Farms & farming in Kingston Bagpuize & Southmoor. From LHS archives. V1 (24) 277-287 HEADLANDS Photo of ‘headland’, remnant of the old open field system, in Frillford 2010. V2 (15) 179 HOPS Memories (Rose Young & Jean Mitchell) Southmoor hop picking (Jill Muir). V1 (1) 2-4 HOPS Farming the Southmoor Hop Gardens. Mary Blanchard interview: Jill Muir. V1 (1) 5-6 HOPS I remember young days in the hop gardens (Dennis Adams). V1 (3) 29 HOPS Hops. It’s been my life – a good life. 56 years in Hops (Jack Walker). V1 (19) 224-226 HOPS Photo: 3 men in hops. Sid Tarry. Alfred Hintz (POW) + (Joan Weaving) V2 (17) 204 HORSES Horses were central to work on the farm (Tim Weaving). V1 (12) 133-136 MILLENNIUM Farming at the turn of the Millennium (David Christensen). V1 (8) 90-92 OPEN DAY Kingston Hill Farm. Open Sunday. Photo set of children at farm V2 (12) 138-139 RACE FARM Race Farm during the war years as remembered by Derrick Long at 84 V2 (16) 186-187 RECEIPTS Guy & Kitty Weaving. A trunk call from the past 1913-15 (Jan Kelly). V2 (1) 1-8 RESETTLEMENT Kingston Bagpuize Interwar Land Resettlement Scheme (Malcolm Bee). V2 (6) 61-66 RIOTS 1 1830 An everyday story of country folk. Report in Berkshire Chronicle 1830. V1 (20) 238 RIOTS 2 1830 Swing riots 1830. Comment on Berkshire Chronicle report (Malcolm Bee). V1 (20) 239 ROSES Rose growing in Longworth (Miles H J Drew). V1 (2) 15-17 ROSES Soc. Française des Roses on Longworth Rose origin (Michael Hyndman). V1 (4) 37 ROSES Prince’s & Longworth Rose. Letterbox: Janette Williams & Robert Mattock. V2 (2) 24 ROSES Photo of workers at Prince’s Roses in 1913. Names requested (Jan Kelly). V2 (9) 100 ROSES Prince’s Roses, 100 years of Longworth Rose (Jan Kelly). Brief review. V2 (11) 129 SANDY SOIL A hungry sandy soil that can eat a plough (Richard Frost). V1 (7) 77 SANDY SOIL Blow the wind southerly. Example of soil mobility at Westfield (Jan Kelly). V1 (7) 81 SHEEP DOG The making of a good dog (Tim Weaving). V1 (11) 130-132 THATCHING Thatching a rick (Bill Shirley). V1 (8) 88 2 BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS IN OUR OUR THREE VILLAGES LISTING What is a listed building? Photo: Westfield. V1 (7) 84 A HINTON WALDRIST BUILDINGS Listed buildings & buildings of historical interest in Hinton Waldrist. V1 (20) 229-230 CHURCH A window to nowhere. Ken Houlton investigates a puzzle in Hinton church. V1 (23) 274 CLERGY Revd G Sherwood Evans & Revd H Jackson Rhodes (Nigel Hammond). V1 (20) 236-237 DUXFORD Ferry Farm and ferry at Duxford (T R William photographs 1850s) V2 (13)145-6.55 HAND AXE The Hinton Waldrist Axe (Ken Houlton). V2 (7) 75-76 MAP 1876 OS 25” map of Hinton Waldrist 1876. V2 (23) 269 PILLBOX Duxford HInton Waldrist to Duxford Ford - Thoughts on a pillbox (Peter Keene). V2 (22) 261 SCHOOL 1949 Hinton Waldrist School Photo 1949 (Eddie Edney). V2 (9)101-103 SENSE OF PLACE Hinton Waldrist, a sense of place. About the book (Peter Keene). V1 (8) 95 SEWAGE Hinton Waldrist, a scent of place. (Mike Banks and Peter Evans). V2 (16) 184-185 SHIFFORD LOCK MAP – The Thames cut –isolates Duxford (1897-8) V2 (13) 146 The ROW 2011. A quiet year in Hinton Waldrist. Peter Evans looks back. V2 (20) 233 VILLAGE LOST Village Lost & Found-1850s stereo photos(Brian May & Elena Vidal) 2009 V2 (13)145-6.55 VILLAGE SHOP Main Street and Shop. Hinton Waldrist. circa 1912. V2 (23) 268 WAR DIARY 1941 Hinton Waldrist December, 1941. Year diary of Revd John Cole. V1 (20) 232-235 B KINGSTON BAGPUIZE with SOUTHMOOR ALRESFORD The Cross Roads Shop, Southmoor (Pat Dando). V2 (9) 104-106 ASSOCIATION Kingston Bagpuize Association; Prosecution of Felons / Offenders. 1850. V2 (10) 115 BACQUEPUIS Bacquepuis and Bagpuize. George Pulley visits Normandy. V1 (6) 62 BLENHEIM Blenheim Cottage, Southmoor. Thatched Cottage photograph. V2 (4) 47 BYPASS SURVEY Thank God for the Bypass. Surveys from 1968 to 2011 (Janet Keene) V2 (20) 234-235 CHINGESTUNE Round and About with Jan Kelly. V1 (2) 23 CHURCH 1798 (1) Illustration: The old church at Kingston Bagpuize – Demolished 1798-99. V1 (19) 219 CHURCH 1800 (2) A new church for Kingston Bagpuize 1800. John Fidel (Nigel Hammond). V1 (19) 220-221 CHURCH? Southmoor Parish Church? Letterbox (Katie Napper). V2 (4) 47 CHURCH BIBLE Kaiser’s signature; lectern Bible in Kingston Bagpuize Church. Woodward. V2 (12) 143-144 DRAYCOTT WD Draycott Wood Estate. Draycott Wood Bungalow advert £5,200. 1965. V2 (23) 276 FARINGDON RD Photo: Faringdon Road circa 1912. Horse and cart. V2 (23) 268 FALLOWFIELDS Inn, commonly called Ye Signe of ye Lambe (Jill Muir) including photo. V1 (1) 10-11 GREEN The Millennium Green (KBS), the realisation of a concept (Leslie Cowan). V1 (13) 152-156 GREEN The Millennium Green 2000-2010. Golden Rose Award 2010. V2 (16) 181.183 HANNEY ROAD Photo of Hanney Road under snow 1981 V2 (12) 142 HOLLYWOOD 1 Description & photos of Hollywood Cottage. Letterbox. (Ruth Reynolds). V2 (10) 120 HOLLYWOOD 2 Hollywood Cottage as two dwellings. Letterbox: (Ruth Reynolds). V2 (11) 132 HOUNDS The Changing Face of Kingston Bagpuize: Kennel site (Peter Keene). V1 (15) 172-173 INTER WAR Sybil Beard (née Ballard). Review of Letter to Pippa (Peter Keene). V1 (3) 28 KINGSTON 1965 Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor in 1965. (Based on 1965 WI project). V1 (5) 49-55 KINGSTON HS Kingston House. Courtclose Copse (Wild Wood) opens as nature trail. V2 (11) 121-122 KINGSTON HS Kingston House photo of WLA, 1911 (Peter Keene). V2 (11) 123.130 KINGSTON Hs Photo of 10 domestic staff on steps of house. Date: Early 1900s? V2 (20) 237 KINGSTON Hs Team KB 2012. A hundred years apart 1912-2012 Photos: Kingstn House. V2 (21)241-242 KINGSTON Hs 1912 On the Steps of Kingston Hs. William John Sharps ; butler (Jill Muir) V2 (23) 275 LAMB & FLAG Dedicating Dirty Dudley’s Bar. Graham Lear (son of Dudley) talks. V2 (18) 206-210 LAMB & FLAG Revisiting Dirty Dudley’s. Ian Charlton. (Letterbox) V2 (19) 228 LITTLE LONDON More evidence of Little London Revealed (Tony Gutteridge). V1 (2) 24 LITTLE LONDON Beryl Anderson comments on the name Little London (Letterbox). V1 (22) 264 LITTLE LONDON Little London; named after people driven from London? Stan Gutteridge. V1 (23) 276 LITTLE LONDON Little London. Longworth / Southmoor. Letterbox (John Briggs). V2 (3) 34 MAP 1876 OS Map of 1876. 25” to one mile. Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor V2 (23) 270-271 MEMORIAL The creation of KBS War Memorial Crescent. (Rob Belk). V2 (22) 253-259 NORTH AUDLEY Echoes of Childhood at North Audley. 1930s. (Roy Townsend) V2 (12) 135-137 NORWOOD AVE BEAST of Norwood Avenue. Photo submitted 01.04.13. V2 (23) 274 OLD BERKS Old Berkshire Hunt Photos: 1923-1932 (Longworth / Besselsleigh) V2 (21) 250 ORCHARD PLACE The Changing Face of Kingston Bagpuize: New estate (Peter Keene). V1 (15) 172-173 POST OFFICE Kingston Bagpuize Post Office. Photo 1965. V1 (5) 53 & 60 SCHOOL 1830s-94 First Kingston Bagpuize School (Jan Kelly) V2 (13) 147-153 SCHOOL 1853 Schools in Longworth and Kingston Bagpuize in 1853 (Nigel Hammond). V1 (11) 125 SCHOOL 1946 Photo: Kingston Bagpuize School 1946. Request to name pupils V2 (14) 168 SCHOOL 1967 Photo: John Blandy School, Draycott estate 1967 (Hilary & Alan Knight). V2 (8) 96 SCHOOL 1924 (1) Kingston Bagpuize School, 1924 Class. Photo + class list but unmatched. V1 (21) 245-246 SCHOOL 1924 (2) Kingston School photo of 4.9.1924. Names/ faces linked by Ivy Skidmore. V1 (22) 262 SCHOOL 2008 John Blandy School, Southmoor at 40. 271 years of education in KBS. V2 (8) 85-91 SOUTHMOOR 1965 Going up – 248 New Homes at Southmoor V2 (23) 266 SOUTHM’R COTT A Century in the life of Southmoor Cottage (Jan Kelly) V2 (19) 221-227 SOUTHMOOR HS Memories of Southmoor House (Janet Keene) V2 (17) 201-203 STRAUSS Edward The rise and fall of Kingston’s last squire; Edward Strauss (Malcolm Bee). V1 (23) 265-273 RACE FARM Race Farm during the war years as remembered by Derrick Long at 84 V2 (16) 186-187 RUBBISH Lest we Forget. Uncollected rubbish in Norwood Avenue 8 January 2011 V2 (16) 185 TOWN POND Town Pond Cottage (Then and Now) V2 (21) 252 TOWN / VILLAGE? Town or Village? Kingston Bagpuize & Southmoor. 2012. Expansion plans V2 (23) 267 TRAFALGAR SQ Where is Trafalgar Square (Southmoor)? (Des Taylor and Alan Knight). V1 (22) 263 TRAFALGAR SQ What and where is Trafalgar Square? Letterbox (Rob and Clare Belk). V2 (3) 35 TRAFALGAR SQ Trafalgar Square Cottage. Letterbox (Rob Belk). V2 (4) 48 WESTFIELD Westfield, Southmoor village, Longworth Parish (Jan Kelly). V1 (7) 79 WHEELWRIGHT The Godfreys and Wheelwright’s Cottage, Southmoor (Jan Kelly). V2 (7) 81 C LONGWORTH ADVERTISER Recluse fatally burned (1900) Longworth burglary (1935). V1 (17) 196 AIR PHOTO Central Longworth, early 1950s. Foreground; Home Farm,– then Square. V2 (23) 273 BARN Longworth Barn; scheduled ancient monument (John Steane). V1 (5) 58-60 CHAPEL Primative Methodist Chapel history + early bus. . (Val and John Burbank) V2 (22) 264 HARROWDOWN Harrowdown House (Jessamine Cottage) (Jan Kelly). V1 (11) 126-129 HOME FARM 1881 painting of farm. Portrait of John Church V2 (4) 38 LAMB & FLAG Dedicating Dirty Dudley’s Bar. Graham Lear (son of Dudley) talks. V2 (18) 206-210 LAMP LIGHTER Street Lamp in Longworth (Letterbox) (Sheila Jordan). V2 (12) 144 MAGAZINE Longworth Parish Magazine extracts, 1891-1909. V1 (6) 62 MANOR FARM The fatal quarrel at Longworth, Manor Farm. Townsend v Appleton. V1 (18) 209-212 MANOR A wartime visitor to Longworth Manor who made history, Albert Socolov. V2 (19) 217-220 MANOR Researching Socolov. “The Story of the Story” Rob Belk (Letterbox) V2 (20) 239 MANOR Longworth Manor Garden. Changes 1932 and 2012, (David Jordan) V2 (22) 263 MAP 1876 OS Map Central Longworth 25” 1876 V2 (23) 272 MILL SITE There’s an old mill by the stream. Thames mill site (Ken Houlton). V1 (7) 74 NEW INN Photo. New Inn from the Crown. Crowd circa 1912. V2 (23) 268 OLD MEETING H. Drawing Reconstruction: Anabaptists Old Meeting House. Longworth 1604 V1 (4) 43 PENNY READING Penney Readings in Longworth (1868) Commentary Thomas Wright 1867. V2 (22) 260 PLASHET SCH Plashet School at Longworth, 1942. Letterbox: (Eric Alsop) V2 (2) 23 PLASHET SCH Stan Rowley remembers Longworth as Plashet School evacuee in 1939. V1 (20) 240 SANSOM FORD Along the Riverbank beyond Thames Side Farm. Ford (Tim Weaving). V1 (7) 75 SCHOOL 1853 Schools in Longworth and Kingston Bagpuize in 1853 (Nigel Hammond). V1 (11) 125 SCHOOL The Story of Longworth School (Tony Gutteridge). V1 (4) 43-46 SCHOOL 1930 The Class of 1930. A snapshot of history. Photo and class list. V1 (4) 46-47 SCHOOL 1946 Longworth Photo [c 1946]. (Names by Doreen Broad & Dorothy Douglas). V2 (10) 118 SQUIRREL COT Squirrel Cottage. Letterbox (Brian Smith). V2 (2) 22 STRINGS The Strings, recollected history; 4 tied cottages (Jan Kelly & Janet Keene). V1 (12) 138-143 SUNDAY Fifty children running loose on the Sabbath. Longworth Sunday School. V1 (8) 89 TRAFALGAR SQ Photo of outing to Trafalgar Square led by Mr Jones. No names or date. V1 (22) 262 TRANSPORT Longworth 1881 – Longworth 2003 Village transport (Malcolm Bee). V1 (19) 223 WARTIME Longworth in Wartime - WWII (Tony Gutteridge). V1 (9) 99-100 3 DOCU-DRAMAS (subsequently published by Longworth and District History Society) CHILDHOOD Village childhood stories, schooldays - 2001 (January). V1 (10) 109-119 STARTING WORK Starting work in the early & mid-20th Century - 2002 (January) V1 (13) 145-151 CELEBRATIONS Celebrations in three Oxfordshire (Berkshire) Villages - 2003 (February). V1 (17) 197-203 AT WORK Our Villages at Work, trades, crafts & services - 2004 (February.) V1 (22) 253-260 FARMING Farms and Farming in Kingston Bagpuize & Southmoor - 2005 (April). V1 (24) 277-287 APPLES Of Apples and Hops. Part of Village Life – 2006 (April). V2 (2) 13-19 4 EDUCATION – CHILDHOOD – YOUTH (for schools see buildings by village) CHILDHOOD Memories of my childhood in Longworth (Edna Bedbrough née Godfrey). V1 (24) 288 CHILDHOOD Village Childhood (early & mid-20 century) from LHS sound archives. V1 (10) 109-120 CHILDHOOD Echoes of Childhood at North Audley. 1930s. (Roy Townsend) V2 (12) 135-137 CHILDHOOD An Inter-war childhood in Longworth (Pamela Jean Shaw (née Rivers) V2 (15) 169-173 EDUCATION 1 John Blandy VC Primary, Southmoor at turn of century (Chris Spring). V1 (8) 94 EDUCATION 2 Primary education - 40 years on; a personal view (Chris Spring). V2 (8) 92-95 EDUCATION 3 Graham Platt (Head John Blandy School) auotobiography ‘Dawn to Dusk’ V2 (20) 229-232 GIRL GUIDES Special Issue: Girl Guides 1910 - 2010 V2 (14) 157-165 GG- BROWNIES Brownie Experience: Jill Muir, Mavis Priestley, Bobbie Fuller, Carole Watts V2 (15) 175-177 GG-RAINBOWS The Rainbow Experience: Karen King, Karen Moore, Barbara Bellis. V2 (15) 174-175 SCHOOL DAYS School Day reminiscences from LHS sound archives. V1 (10) 115-116 SCHOOL Which school was this? Letterbox (Lawrence Fowler). V2 (8) 96 SCHOOL Which school was this? Response (Eddie Edney). V2 (9) 107 SCOUTING Special issue: Scouting for boys – Scouts - Beavers – Cubs. V1 (14) 157-168 TEACHING 1900 Teachers Chased Home. Newspaper report V2 (12) 142 5 LOCAL LITERATURE BOOKS -FILMS Books-Films about our villages reviewed. Further readings in local history. V1 (2) 19 COUNTRYSIDE Oxfordshire Countryside, 5 circular walks. Review: Christopher Hall OLHJ. V1 (21) 251 DAWN to DUSK Graham Platt (Headmaster of John Blandy School) autobiography V2 (20) 229-232 HINTON Hinton Waldrist, a sense of place. About the book (Peter Keene). V1 (8) 95 INDEX Index to Volume One of the Longworth Rose 1998-2005. V1 (24) 289-292 LONG ROSE 1998 Longworth Rose. Aims and objectives. Intro to new mag. (Peter Keene). V1 (1) 1 LONG ROSE 1998 The Longworth Rose; a funny name for a magazine (Tony Gutteridge). V1 (2) 14 LONG ROSE 2003 Mission Statement? Review of what the Longworth Rose stands for. V1 (16) 189 LONG ROSE 2013 Editorial as end of Volume Two approaches (Peter Keene) V2 (22) 262 LONGWORTH Growing up in Longworth, (Ray Dunsdon) 2010. Review. V2 (16) 183 LONGWORTH A Story of Longworth, (Jan Kelly) 2013. Front Cover full page picture. V2 (23) 265 LONGWORTH A Story of Longworth, (Jan Kelly) 2013. Introduction to book. V2 (23) 273 PIPPA Letter to Pippa (Sybil Beard) – inter-war KBS. Reviewed by Peter Keene. V1 (3) 28 POEM Berks Michaelmas (Wilfred Howe-Nurse). Illustrated by Cecil Aldin 1927. V1 (19) 228 PRINCE ROSES Prince’s Roses,100 years of Longworth Rose (Jan Kelly) Book review. V2 (11) 129 PRINCE ROSES Prince’s Roses- Longworth (Jan Kelly) Golden Rose Award 2009 V2 (13) 155 TORTOISE-LOVE Tortoise in Love. KBS film (Guy Browning) Golden Rose Award 2009 V2 (13) 154 TORTOISE-LOVE KBS Village Film gets Leicester Sq Premier, 24 May 2012 (Guy Browning) V2 (20) 240 VILLAGE-LOST Village Lost & Found. (Brian May & Elena Vidal) Golden Rose Award 2009 V2 (13) 155 VILLAGE TRAILS A Longworth Trail. Sense of place project by Peter Keene. V1 (1) 10 6 MAPS PLANS 1876 VILLAGES 1876 Maps: Hinton./Southmoor/Kingston/Longworth V2 (23) 269-272 ANTI-TANK Local Anti-invasion Defences of 1940 (Nigel Dawe) Maps: anti-tank ditch. V1 (9) 101-102 APPLES Maps of Apple Orchards in Longworth & Kingston Bagpuize. V2 (2) 13 ARCHITECTURE Map: Historical & architectural heritage of Kingston Bagpuize / Southmoor. V1 (7) 73 CHERBURY Cherbury Camp. Charney Bassett. Map of walk. V1 (2) 20 ENCLOSURE Kingston Bagpuize 1806 enclosure MAP (centre of village). V1 (24) 278 HARROWDOWN Harrowdown and Newbridge walk. Map of walk. V1 (6) 66 KBS 1944 Map: Kingston Bagpuize & Southmoor 1944. Airfield +camps (pre D-Day). V1 (9) 97-98 LANGHAM’S FM Map: Langham’s Farm, Longworth (1876). V! (12) 139 LISTED BUILD Listed buildings of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor. MAP. V1 (7) 73 LISTED BUILD Listed buildings of Hinton Waldrist. MAP. V1 (20) 229-230 LONGWORTH Central Longworth O.S. 1912. New Inn, Crown Inn, Holly Cottage. V2 (15) 171 MILLENNIUM Map of Millennium Green KBS 2002. V1 (13) 156 RACE FARM Map of Race Farm (1938) as remembered by Derrick Long V2 (16) 186-187 RADCOT BRIDGE Radcot Bridge (Civil War) Maps. V1 (21) 242-243 ROCQUE John Rocque maps (1761). V1 (6) 61. 67. 72. V1 (24) 227 ROSES MAP: Harrowdown House (Jessamine Cottage) & Prince’s Rose Gardens. V1 (11) 127 SCHOOLS Location map of three schools in KBS. V2 (8) 85 S’MOOR HS 1899 1899 O.S. map of area around Southmoor House V2 (17) 203 STRIP MAP Strip map of road from Oxford to Bristol; via Kingston Bagpuize 1786. V2 (9) 97 THAMES SIDE Thames Side Farm area (1616 and 1874 maps). V1 (7) 74 7 RESEARCH – FINDS - OBJECTS 1616 MAP Manorial Map of West Longworth 1616 Research by Ken Houlton. V1 (1) 9 ARCHAEOLOGY Stanton in the Vale dig. David Ashby. Failed - a medieval market town. V2 (21) 243-245 BOTTLE Picture: A mineral water bottle from the Weaving Brewery. V1 (18) 206 COINS A Roman find in Longworth (Lee Shann). V2 (3) 36 CORONATION Coronation Mug; Longworth House. June 1911 (Roger & Caroline Mentz) V2 (23) 276 DOORWAY Unidentified Door. Letterbox (Jane Ball). V2 (6) 72 FAMILY Serious about researching your family history? (Katie Napper). V2 (2) 21 FONT CUP 1 A mysterious metal object recovered from Longworth field (Ken Houlton). V1 (17) 194-195 FONT CUP 2 Dr Mariks Leino translates font cup inscription (Letterbox). V1 (17) 193-195 V1 (21) 252 HAND AXE The Hinton Waldrist Axe (Ken Houlton). V2 (7) 75-76 HEDGEROWS Making a date with Murray Maclean. Hedgerow dating. V1 (6) 63-65 HISTORY SOC Longworth & District History Society. Review of services provided. V2 (16) 188-189 LEDGER Local History from an 1885 Ledger (Jan Kelly and Katie Napper). V2 (7) 77-79 MONUMENT Monument to Elizabeth Marten 1618. Research by Ken Houlton. V1 (1) 9 RADIO TAPE BBC Radio Oxford Christmas service from Longworth (Ken Houlton). V1 (19) 219 RESEARCHING Researching Local History (Anthony Andrew). V1 (8) 93 SKELETON Local man found dead in field (page 205) Marcham excavation visit 2011 V2 (18) 214-215 STADDLES Staddle (Stones and metal) Granery Kingston House- photos. V2 (13) 156 STONE BALL A mysterious object from Harrowdown Hill (Ken Houlton). V1 (19) 217-218 TINTYPE Which is the real Miles Drew? The Tintype process (Ken Houlton). V1 (18) 215 TOILETS Toilets I have known (Janet Keene and Jan Kelly). V2 (2) 20 TRAFALGAR Our Villages and the Trafalgar Connection (Rob Belk). V2 (21) 246-249 WELL POLE Well Pole: Description, sketch and photo (Ken Houlton) Letterbox V2 (14) 166 8 PEOPLE - PERSONALITIES ALSOP Eric Eric Alsop seeks contact - was evacuee in Longworth in WWII (Letterbox). V1 (20) 240 ALSOP Eric Eric Alsop lists highlights of evacuee stay in Longworth (Letterbox). V1 (21) 252 ALSOP Eric Eric Alsop. Correspondence concerning time as evacuee (1941). V2 (9) 108 APPLEGATE Ray Ray Applegate. Restarting the Scouts in 1952. V1 (14) 159-136 APPLETON Ernest Appleton. A fatal quarrel at Longworth (Malcolm Bee). V1 (18) 209-212 ATKINSON Peter Atkinson – Curate of Longworth. Rector of Pusey (Nigel Hammond). V1 (22) 261 BADEN-POWELL Baden Powell at Longworth Manor. V1 (14) 157-158 BADEN-POWELL Photo of Robert with wife (Olave) and car. Olave becomes Guide leader. V2 (14) 158 BALLARD Frank Extraordinary affair at Kingston. 5 days in a straw rick for Frank Ballard. V1 (19) 219 BANKS Mike Hinton Waldrist, a scent of place (sewage). Written with Peter Evans. V2 (16) 184 BARBER Edna Barber- First Guide Company- Hinton Waldrist (circa 1954). V2 (14) 159 BARTON Dan Dan Barton – constructed nine-metre high wicker man. V2 (7) 73-74 BEARD Sybil Letter to Pippa by Sybil Beard, reviewed by Peter Keene. V1 (3) 28 BLACKMORE Richard Doddridge Blackmore. A local association (Jill Muir). V1 (1) 8 BLACKMORE Richard Doddridge Blackmore 1825-1900 Son of Longworth (P Keene). V2 (10) 109-111 BLANDY Walker – Blandy connection. Letterbox (John MacDonald). V2 (1) 12 BLANDY Blandy family at Abingdon School. Letterbox (Nigel Hammond). V2 (2) 22 BLANDY Mary Blandy. Blandy murderer hangs. 1772 (Peter Keene). V2 (16) 181-182 BLANDY John Blandy and the first school in Kingston Bagpuize (Jan Kelly) V2 (13) 147-153 BLANDY Family Tree (Connections to Trafalgar (Rob Belk). V2 (21) 248 BLIZZARD Elizabeth (Betty) Blizzard – researcher (Jan Kelly and Ken Houlton). V2 (7) 82 BROOKS James West Hanney Church restored 1868-70. James Brooks (Nigel Hammond). V1 (15) 176-177 BROOKS James A local boy who made it to the top: James Brooks - architect . V1 (12) 136-138 BROOKS Zac. Zachariah Brooks and his marriages (Betty Blizzard 1986). V2 (7) 83 CHURCH John Poem by John Edward Church. What’s in a Poem? (Peter Keene). V2 (4) 37-39 CHURCH John What’s in a Poem? Part Two (Malcolm Bee). V2 (6) 67 CHURCH Martha Martha Maria Church [née Chilton] of Heath House. Photo circa 1889. V2 (3) 25 CHURCH Martha Martha Maria Church [née Chilton]. A visit. Letterbox (Heather Blakeley). V2 (9) 108 CHROUSTCHOFF Natasha de Chroustchoff. Father named Frax Hs after ‘Fraxinus’ (Letter) V1 (20) 240 COLE John Revd John Cole. Hinton Waldrist war diary, 1941. V1 (20) 232-235 COWAN Leslie Millennium Green, the realisation of a concept (Leslie Cowan) V1 (13) 152-156 COWAN Leslie Leslie Cowan Plantation (Photo: December 2010 CROOK John John Albert Crook (photo) remembers evacuee times in Hinton (Letter). V1 (21) 252 DRAYTON Amy Amy Drayton; Tweeny maid at Longworth Manor. V1 (4) 39-40 DREW Ivan Photo from Ivan J Drew: Kingston Bagpuize School class; 1904 (Letter). V1 (23) 275 DREW Miles Narrowly escaped drowning – Brave rescue by Edwin Howse, 1907. V1 (18) 216 DREW Miles Miles H J Drew; last interview. The grand old man of Longworth. V1 (8) 85-88 DREW Miles Miles H J Drew remembers growing up in Longworth. V1 (7) 82-83 DREW Nigel Flexhill Pond, Tucks Land, Longworth (Letterbox). V2 (2) 24 DREW Nigel Longworth Forum outing to Hereford circa 1952. Photo of group. V2 (16) 190-191 DREWE George George Augustus Drewe, veterinary surgeon (Abingdon) c1871-91. V2 (7) 77-79 DUNSDON Ray Growing up in Longworth, by Ray Dunsdon 2010. Review. V2 (16) 182 DUNSDON Ray Mystery Photo No 21. (Letterbox). V2 (16) 192 EDGINGTON H Hazel Edgington. Nanny at Longworth Manor. V1 (18) 215 ELIZABETH I What was Queen Elizabeth doing in Witney? Longworth Poem on visit. V1 (16) 192 EVANS Peter Hinton Waldrist, a scent of place (sewage). Written with Mike Banks.. V2 (16) 184 EVANS Peter 2011. A quiet year in Hinton Waldrist. Peter Evans looks back. V2 (20) 233 FELL John John Fell. I do not like thee Dr Fell – Jan Kelly. V1 (2) 23 FIDEL John Architect of a new church for Kingston Bagpuize, 1800 (Nigel Hammond). V1 (19) 220-221 FITZWILLIAMS Family Tree. Connections with Trafalgar (Rob Belk). V2 (21) 249 FLOYD J E Letterbox (Nigel Drew p238) and (Pat Dando p239) V2 (20) 238-239 GLEE SINGERS The Glee Singers of Hinton Waldrist and Longworth (Peter Keene). V1 (21) 250 GODFREY I Remember the Godfreys of Southmoor (Tony Gutteridge). V1 (5) 57 GODFREY The Godfreys and Wheelwright’s Cottage, Southmoor (Jan Kelly). V2 (7) 81 GRAYSON Nigel Nigel Grayson – Grandparents Aubrey & Mary Russell, Old KB PO. V1 (20) 240 GREENWAY I Remember, forty years on – personal memories of Longworth. V2 (4) 45-46 GUTTERIDGE Tony Gutteridge remembers the district before World War Two. V1 (1) 7 HARRIS W W Harris, letter from Pretoria, 1900. V2 (3) 34 HARRIS family Harris Family search becomes local (Richard Harris) V2 (17) 196-200 HENLEY A E Dept of Honour. Great War dead. Letterbox (Ian Charlton). V2 (6) 71 HENLEY A E Debt of Honour, a reply (John Farmer). V2 (7) 84 HOBBS Ian Hobbs. Son of Robert Jack and Queenie Hobbs. (letterbox) V2 (18) 216 HOWARD J G Tombstone of John Gaskell Howard (Ian Charlton). V2 (7) 84 HOWSE Edwin Brave rescue of Miles Drew from Thames by Edwin Howse. 1907. V1 (18) 216 KAISER Wilhelm Kaiser’s Bible. Kingston Bagpuize Church. 1878 sea tragedy V2 (12) 143-144 ILLINGWORTH Mrs Illingworth writes in 1916 of low standards of morality in Longworth. V1 (2) 17 ILLINGWORTH Dr Holland writes of visiting John Illingworth in 1890. V1 (2) 17 ILLINGWORTH Letters 1909 & 1915. List of dead in WWI Longworth, Kingston Bagpuize. V1 (3) 27 JACKSON RH Revd Henry Jackson Rhodes (1823-1899) (Nigel Hammond). V1 (20) 236 KEENE Beth One page of Beth’s diary written in the year 2100. (Peter Keene). V1 (1) 12 LAMB & FLAG Dedicating Dirty Dudley’s Bar. Graham Lear (son of Dudley) talks. V2 (18) 206-210 LESSING Augusta Mrs Lessing tea treat for 90 children + 1/- savings book for each child. KB. V1 (20) 240 LESSING Augusta Augusta Lessing at Kingston House. V1 (23) 267-268 LESSING Edward Edward Lessing. Manager of Strauss and Co at time of crash, 1935. V1 (23) 271-272 LOCK Brenda Brenda Lock. Ancestor William Walters, Longworth stonemason (Let box). V1 (23) 276 LODER John Revd John Loder – Hunting Rector of Hinton Waldrist (Nigel Hammond). V2 (3) 32-33 LONG Derrick I remember Race Farm, Kingston Bagpuize during the war V2 (16) 186-187 MACLEAN Murray Mystery Photo No 20 in Rose V2 (15) 179. : Corn Planter explanation V2 (16) 192 MARTEN Henry Henry Marten (1602-1680) Hinton Manor and Chepstow. Poem – photo. V1 (20) 237 MARKS Photo: Rhoda & Arthur Marks. Lillian Haydon phot at door of KB house. V2 (17) 204 NEAVE Airey Airey Neave of Hinton Waldrist (Jan Kelly). V1 (8) 96 OSTLEY Will ‘Onnuns be good vittels’ (Will Ostley) inc. photo. V1 (12) 144 PLATT Graham Graham Platt (Headmaster) 1968: New school. Graham Platt remembers. V2 (8) 87 PLATT Graham Autobiography ‘Dawn to Dusk’ published 1.6.12. Reviewed by Jan Kelly V2 (20) 229-232 PRIOR Daniel Prior. Features in T R Williams photos of 1850s Hinton (Letterbox) V2 (14) 167 PUSEY Edward Church schism? Revd Dr Edward Bouverie Pusey (Nigel Hammond). V1 (18) 213-214 PUSEY Philip Philip Pusey, 1799-1855, pioneer of farming change. V1 (16) 190-191 RICHARD II A Bridge too far for Richard II – 1387. (John Turner). V1 (21) 241-245 RIVERS Pamela Jean Shaw (nee Rivers) recalls an Inter-war Longworth childhood V2 (15) 169-173 ROGERS Doreen Doreen Rogers recalls her 19 century forebears in Hinton (Letterbox). V1 (23) 275 SHERWOOD EV Revd George Sherwood Evans (1787-1853), (Nigel Hammond). V1 (20) 236 SKIDMORE Ivy Ivy Skidmore. Youngest daughter of Palmer family (Letterbox). V1 (20) 240 SKIDMORE Ivy Ivy Skidmore (née Palmer) remembers Southmoor (Letterbox). V2 (10) 119 SKIDMORE Ivy Who remembers the Longworth Pig killer? V2 (19) 227 SOCOLOV Albert A wartime visitor to Longworth Manor who made history. V2 (19) 217-220 SPRING Chris John Blandy School. A headmaster ponders change (Chris Spring). V1 (8) 94 SPRING Chris Primary Education 40 years on; a personal view (Chris Spring). V2 (8) 92-95 STRAUSS Edward Edward Strauss, A contemporary description. (1928). V1 (3) 30 STRAUSS Edward The rise and fall of Kingston’s last squire; Edward Strauss. (Malcolm Bee). V1 (23) 265-273 STRAUSS Edward Village Lament Lost Squire. 1935. Kingston Bagpuize, (Jill Muir) V2 (23) 276 STRAUSS Otto Otto Strauss, 1858-1898. V1 (23) 267 SWINDELL F C Frederick Charles Swindell (1857-1908). Master of Old Berks Hunt. V1 (23) 267 TARRY Sid Of pigs and spoons (Sid Tarry). V1 (18) 211 THROCKMORTON From sheep to coat twix dawn & dusk. Story & song (Janet Keene). V1 (21) 248-249 TOWNSEND E Emmanuel Townsend (first witness at death of Christopher Trueman). V1 (18) 209-212 TOWNSEND Info sought: Townsend (Northfield Farm) + Fawdrey (KB Hs chauffeur). V2 (11) 132 TOWNSEND ROY Echoes of Childhood. North Audley in the 1930s. (Roy Townsend) V2 (12) 135-137 TREADWELL J The Hunting World of John Treadwell (Janet Keene). V2 (4) 41-44 TRIPLOW Keith Reverend Keith Triplow to Retire (Jan Kelly). V2 (9) 98-99 TRUEMAN C Christopher Trueman: Victim in ‘fatal quarrel at Longworth’ (Manor Farm). V1 (18) 209-212 TUCKER W C 10325. Pte W C Tucker, ELANIR; medal (Letterbox). (Rob Belk). V2 (10) 118 VINCENT J E A day on the river (Thames above Newbridge) in 1884. V2 (5) 56 WALTON Granville & John Walton; Longworth district pioneering role in scouting. V1 (14) 157-158 WEAVING Guy A memoir of Guy Weaving, 1881-1968, by his son (Tim Weaving). V1 (18) 205-208 WEAVING Guy & Kitty, a trunk call from the past 1913-15 (Jan Kelly). V2 (1) 1-8 WEAVING Jenny Reflections on experience in Guides in Southmoor V2 (14) 162 WEBB J Joseph Webb of Longworth. Letter in Letterbox. V2 (9) 107 WELLS Seeking info on WELLS, Blacksmith, Longworth (Lawrence Fowler). V2 (11) 132 WESTON J A Trip Down memory lane, 1945 (John Weston - John Scott Ward). V2 (10) 116-117 WHITE Gilbert Instructions for making rush lights from soft rushes, 1789. V2 (5) 57 WICKS Lil Lil Wicks seamstress. Letterbox (Doreen Broad). V2 (1) 12 WILLIAMS A In Memory of Alfred Williams,1877-1930 (Keith Wright). V2 (1) 10-11 WILLIAMS Z Zoe Williams (The Guardian), Ancestor Worship. V2 (4) 40 WOOD Anthony Anthony Wood describing Newbridge (Wood’s Life & Times, 1659). V2 (5) 56 9 PLACES (beyond core catchment district) ABINGDON Abingdon: an excessive, nauseous and infectious stink (News. 1753). V1 (4) 37 CANAL A Countryside Discovery, Wilts & Berks Canal (Keith Wright). V2 (1) 9-10 CHARNEY The stone carving in Charney Bassett Church (Nigel Hammond). V1 (21) 247 CHERBURY A short walk into pre-history (Will Gamble). V1 (2) 13. 20-22 DIDCOT 1968 Didcot Power Station from Kingston (photo) Closure 2013. V2 (23) 274 WHITE HORSE Downland Experience walk (Peter Keene). Wayland’s Smithy. Manger. V2 (18) 215 FARINGDON Faringdon Advertiser: adverts 1930 (selected by Beryl Anderson). V1 (15) 175 FARINGDON Faringdon Fire Station. Manual Pump (1900) Letterbox (Bill Law). V2 (21) 251 HARROWDOWN Circular Walk: Longworth - Harrowdown – Newbridge – Longworth. V1 (6) 60. 66-72 LITTLEWORTH Exploring Littleworth (David Fielding). V2 (10) 112-114 LITTLEWORTH Littleworth Revisited (david Fielding V2 (17) 194-195 MARCHAM dig Marcham / Frilford excavations Gary Lock, Jane Harrison 2011 site visit V2 (18) 214-215 NEWBRIDGE Historical descriptions of Newbridge. V2 (5) 57 NEWBRIDGE. Images of Newbridge, 1799 and 2002. V2 (5) 58 NEWBRIDGE A New Bridge for Newbridge? (Peter Keene). V2 (5) 59 NEWBRIDGE Less we Forget. Photos of frozen Thames in 1963. V2 (16) 185 St THOMAS’ St Thomas’ Parish Walk. Liz Wooley. V2 (18) 212-213 STANFORD-VALE Stanford in the Vale. Failed – a medieval market town on the River Ock. V2 (21) 243 TUBNEY History of Tubney House (2010). V2 (15) 178 VENN MILL A working, traditional, water-powered corn mill (Alan Stoyel). V1 (4) 48 WEST HANNEY West Hanney Church (Nigel Hammond). V1 (12) 137-8 V1 (15) 176-7 10 TRADITIONS – DANCE – CELEBRATIONS - CLUBS CELEBRATIONS Celebrations in three Oxfordshire villages. From the archives of the LHS. V1 (17) 197-203 CHRISTMAS Cuttings in Abingdon Herald 100 years ago. Topic: Xmas (Malcolm Bee). V1 (22) 253 CLOWNING To be a clown of distinction (David and Sheila Jordan). V1 (19) 227 FLOODS 2007 A Remarkable Resilient Community (Peter Keene). V2 (7) 73-74 FLOWER SHOW 1 Poster for Flower Show at Longworth House 25 July. (Year not shown). V2 (6) 69-70 FLOWER SHOW 2 What year was the Garden Show? (Peter Keene and Malcolm Bee). V2 (7) 82 GARDEN SHOW Hinton Manor Garden Show, 1888 (Malcolm Bee). V2 (6) 68-69 GHOSTS Village Ghosts – dead & disembodied shadows (Jan Kelly. Janet Keene). V1 (16) 183-188 GLEE SINGERS Glee singers of Hinton & Longworth. Photo. Comments by Peter Keene. V1 (21) 250 LAST STRAW Photos. Paul Weaving & Johnny Silvo +audience. Last Straw Nov 2007 V2 (17) 193 LONGW FORUM Longworth Forum outing to Hereford circa 1952. Photo. Nigel Drew. V2 (16) 190-191 MORRIS MEN The truth about Morris Dancing? (Guy Browning). V2 (3) 27 MORRIS MEN A brief history of Morris Dancing (Malcolm Bee). V2 (3) 27-28 MORRIS MEN Morris Men. Letterbox (Ray Applegate). V2 (4) 48 MUMMERS Do you want to hear the Berkshire Mummers? (Malcolm Bee). V2 (3) 29-32 WASSAILING Des Taylor defines wassailing (Letterbox). V1 (23) 275 11 WARTIME – CIVIL WAR - BATTLES 1939-1945 WAR Volume 1 ( 9) given over entirely to World War Two in our local villages. V1 (9) 97-108 1939-1945 Autobiogrphy (Graham Platt) includes D-day-1945 11th Armoured Division V2 (20) 229-232 1943-44 KBS MAP KB Communal wartime site and follow-up references V2 (12) 133-134 1944 KBS Map: Kingston Bagpuize & Southmoor, 1944. Airfield. 7 pre D-Day camps V1 (9) 97-98 AIR CRASH Hanney Road 2nd World War aircraft crash (Dennis Long) V2 (16) 186-187 AIRFIELD The changing face of Kingston Bagpuize: Control Tower (Peter Keene). V1 (15) 169-171 ANTI-TANK Local anti-invasion defences of 1940 (Nigel Dawe). V1 (9) 101-104 ASBESTOS MAN Asbestos Man in Britain’s Wonderful Fighting Forces (Stan Gutteridge). V1 (16) 188 BUNKER Longworth’s Secret Nuclear Bunker (John Turner). V2 (11) 124-129 CIVIL WAR Much Ado About Newbridge (John Turner). V2 (5) 49-55 CIVIL WAR Reliving the Battle of Newbridge 21-22 July 2007 (Peter Keene). V2 (5) 60 FIREWATCH Firewatch shelter from Tubney Wood. Photos. V1 (9) 108. V1 (10) 120 HENLEY A E Dept of Honour. Great War dead. Letterbox (Ian Charlton). V2 (6) 71 HOME GUARD I remember the War. Scrapbook reminiscences from LHS sound archives. V1 (9) 104-108 HINTON WALDR’T Hinton Waldrist, December 1941. Year diary of Revd John Cole. V1 (20) 232-235 JITTERBUG Artwork by Private R F Mass 1944. Race Farm, Kingston Bagpuize. V2 (11) 131 LONGWORTH Longworth in Wartime - WWII (Tony Gutteridge). V1 (9) 99-100 LONGWORTH A wartime visitor to Longworth Manor who made history (Albert Socolov). V2 (19) 217=220 LONGWORTH Researching Socolov ‘the Story of the Story’ Rob Belk V2 (20) 239 LONGWORTH The Yanks in Longworth (pre-D-Day. Letter from Nigel Drew. V2 (20) 238 MEMORIAL KBS The creation of KBS War Memorial Crescent. (Rob Belk). V2 (22) 253-259 MOSQUITO I remember day a Mosquito exploded over our house (Stan Gutteridge) V1 (15) 178-179 PILLBOX Duxford HInton Waldrist to Duxford Ford - Thoughts on a pillbox (Peter Keene). V2 (22) 261 PRISONERS O W Prisoners of War at work; near New House (photo) V2 (12) 141 RADCOT BRIDGE A bridge too far for Richard II, 1387: Battle: Radcot Bridge (John Turner). V1 (21) 241-245 ROC Longworth ROC (Miles H J Drew). Plus post photo & staff named. V1 (8) 87 ROMMEL Rommel photo in African aircrash, 1942. Letterbox (Stephen Marriot). V2 (3) 36 SEARCHLIGHT A grey smudge in a ploughed field. WWII searchlight site (Richard Frost). V1 (7) 78 SEARCHLIGHT WWII searchlight site at the top of Kingston Hill? (Ken Collett). V2 (12) 141 TRAFALGAR Our Villages. Trafalgar Connections. Nelson, Collingwood, Fitzwilliams. V2 (21) 246-249 WARTIME Wartime Stories. Reminiscences as children. V1 (10) 118-119 WAR WORK Local girls start work in factories. Tubney Wood photo. V1 (13) 150-151 12 WORK - INDUSTRY – CRAFTS – TRADE – TRANSPORT – SERVICE - POPULATION 1853 Local Commercial Life in 1853 from Billing’s Directory (Nigel Hammond). V1 (11) 122-126 LACE Rhyme and Reason. Jill Muir delves into the use of ‘lace tells’. V1 (3) 29 LACE Lace-making in Kingston Bagpuize and Longworth (Jan Kelly). V1 (3) 30-36 LACE photo 1 Young girl with a pillow. Local photograph examined (Peter Keene). V1 (20) 231 LACE photo 2 Young girl with pillow identified – Ella Carter V1 (20) 231 (Ruth Reynolds). V2 (10) 120 LACE INDUSTRY Information plea. Longworth / KBS Lace. ( Jan Kelly and Joan Weaving) V2 (22) 263 MANOR MAID I remember life as tweeny maid at the Manor; Longworth (Amy Drayton). V1 (4) 39-40 NANNY I remember the life of Nanny at the Manor; Longworth (Hazel Edgington). V1 (4) 41-42 POPULATION Local Population 1801-1901; up and down story (Nigel Hammond). V1 (7) 80-81 PUB photos Signs of the time (June 2009). Three local pubs up for sale (Peter Keene). V2 (11) 131 RECEIPTS A trunk call from the past. Guy Weaving receipt headings illustrated. V1 (17) 193. 204 RUSHLIGHT Make your own rushlight. Instructions by Gilbert White. V2 (5) 57 STARTING WORK Starting work in early and middle twentieth century (From LHS archives). V1 (13) 146-151 SERVICES The future is another country, services in 2050 (Peter Keene). V1 (15) 174 TRANSPORT Village transport before the Great War (Miles H J Drew). V1 (3) 26 WHEELWRIGHT The Godfreys and Wheelwright’s Cottage, Southmoor (Jan Kelly). V2 (7) 81 WOMENS LAND Women’s Land Army 1939 (Tony Gutteridge) V2 (12) 140 WORK Our villages at work: trades, crafts & services. From LHS archives. V1 (22) 254-260 WORKING Village Working Conditions Before 1914 (Miles H J Drew). V1 (4) 38

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