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A selection of useful links for researching family history, particularly relevant for the Banbury area. Updated June 2008Church Dedications
of parishes within approximately 15 miles of Banbury
Banburyshire
- NEW! June 2008Centre of Banbury Studies (COBS)
- NEW! June 2008 Centre of Banbury Studies : Holdings for Northamptonshire
- NEW! June 2008 Centre of Banbury Studies : Holdings for Oxfordshire
- NEW! June 2008Centre of Banbury Studies : Holdings for Warwickshire
- NEW! June 2008Centre of Banbury Studies : Other holdings for family history
Family Histories
- Family Histories Index
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AYRISS
- William AYRISS Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire
BETTS
- Revised! March 2008The BETTS Family, of The Cake Shop, Banbury
- Alfred BETTS and Rebecca Durham COCKERILL
- Arthur Henry BETTS (1878-1947) , and Jane (Jenny) CHANCE
- George BETTS and Sarah
- Henry BETTS (1731-1792), and Mary SPARKS and Elizabeth BAGLY
- John Henry BETTS (1848-1918) and Sarah Alice STEPHENS
- Mary Anne BETTS and Walter HAINES
- Samuel BETTS
- Sarah BETTS and James LAWLEY
- William BETTS (1780-1859) and Sarah HARTLEY
- William BETTS and Sarah LUCKETT
CAMPBELL & BLAND
- My Ancestors had style!, CAMPBELL & BLAND --- 19th century
DEATH
- DEATH Family Photographs : William and Elizabeth DEATH
EDEN
- John EDEN & Mary HUNT
- John EDEN & Mary ROBINSON, Milcombe, Oxfordshire
FARDON
- John Fardon, Clock and Watchmaker of Deddington
FLOWERS
(also LEATHERBARROW & WEBBER)- FLOWERS Family Tree
- FLOWERS Photo Album
- Hubert H. FLOWERS & Madeline A WEBBER
- Henry H. FLOWERS & Ann LEATHERBARROW
- John FLOWERS, Elizabeth BLACKMORE & Esther Ann LEATHERBARROW
- Corporal Hubert H FLOWERS - Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 1914-1918
- Hubert FLOWERS born 1888 in Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Madeline FLOWERS
- Hubert F. FLOWERS
HALL
- John HALL and Elizabeth ABBOTTS, Banbury. Also the family of John HALL and (1) Elizabeth HEATH and (2) Phebe CLARK
HANCOCK
- Daniel and Eliza HANCOCK, Sibford Ferris, Oxfordshire
HARRIS
- NEW! August 2008 HARRIS Family, of Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire [HARRIS, ATKINS, LOVESEY]
HONE
- HONE, Brailes, Warwickshire; Adderbury, Oxfordshire & Ontario, Canada
JUDD
- What do we know about Isaac Judd and his life. . . . . . . . ?
- Descendants of Isaac and Ann Judd of Adderbury
- Update on David Judd of Adderbury
- Troubled Times: Early JUDDE Family of Banbury: 16th & 17th Centuries
- NEW! May 2008 Manorial Court Records, Adderbury, 1686 [ARIS, AKINS, BLENCOE, COXE, GOODWYN, JUDD]
- NEW! May 2008 Manorial Court Records, Adderbury, 1697 [BLEA, JAKEMAN, JAMES, JUDD, ROBINSON, SAMON, SPENCER]
- NEW! May 2008 Manorial Court Records, Adderbury, 1706 [BLEA, BLINCOE, BURBEREO (BURBEROW), COBB, FLINT, JUDD, PAGE]
- NEW! May 2008 Manorial Court Records, Adderbury, 1712 [BELSHER, BLY, JAMES, JAKEMAN, JUDD, SPENCER]
- NEW! May 2008 Manorial Court Records, Adderbury, 1715 [BRADFORD, BURBEROW, CANNING, COX, FLINT, JUDD, ROBINSON, SPENCER, WALKER, WELFORD]
- NEW! May 2008 Manorial Court Records, Adderbury, 1720 [BLEA, HUMPHREYS, JAKEMAN, JAMES, JUDD, LOVESEY, SPENCER, WELFORD]
LUCAS
- 20th century Chic!, My maternal LUCAS's
OWEN
(also HANCOCK, POWELL)- John OWEN - The search for my Maternal Grandfathers Roots
PARRITT
- My PARRITT Family - Rural Beginnings
STAYTON
- STAYTON Photo Album
- Alice STAYTON née NICHOLLS, Aynho, Northamptonshire
- Arthur STAYTON, Aynho, Northamptonshire
- "The Hill", Aynho, Northamptonshire
- Beryl and Baby, Christine Hartwell née Nicholls
WALKER
(also RANDLE, WHITE & DEEMING)- Some WALKERs and their Descendants, Banbury, Oxfordshire
WATSON & GOODYER
- Evoking another age, WATSON - GOODYER families
WELLS & FOOTE (NZ)
- A memorable day, Celebration in the backblocks
WHEELER
- Eliza's Christening, Eliza WHEELER, 1836, Swerford
- Descendants of Thomas WHEELER and Ann ALLIBONE
(also WHEELER, ARIS, ALLIBONE, DENHAM) - Eliza: Forty-six Years On, Eliza DENHAM née WHEELER
- Eliza's Last Thoughts, Eliza DENHAM née WHEELER
WRIGHTON
- The Wrightons in Aynho
WILSON
- Frederick George WILSON, "Okey" WILSON
- Joseph Rosamond WILSON & Elizabeth BAYLIS, Joseph James WILSON & Annie Sarah HIGGINS
Surname Interests
- Surnames A-C
- Surnames D-G
- Surnames H-K
- Surnames L-R
- Surnames S-Z
- Surname Submissions
- Notes, Queries & Further Information
Family Bibles
- NEW! March 2008 BLOXHAM Family Bible
- NEW! March 2008 MENNELL Family Bible
Memorials
Remembrances & War Memorials
- Individual War Remembrances Updated November 2007
- Frank Gibbs (1916)
Chacombe, Northamptonshire
- ASTELL: William John ASTELL, Sarah ASTELL, Ralph ASTELL, Edward ASTELL, George Hawtin ASTELL
- BLOXHAM: Temperance Mary BLOXHAM (JESSOP), Catherine Ann BLOXHAM (Wife & daughter of Henry BLOXHAM)
Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire
- DEATH: Elizabeth DEATH
Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire
- Kings Sutton's Memorials
- CROSS: Sydney CROSS, Hilda Mary CROSS
- CROSS: Cyril James CROSS, Winifred Ada CROSS
- CROSS: Cyril William Thomas CROSS
- MOBLEY: Jason MOBLEY, Lavinia MOBLEY
- MOBLEY: Thomas Richard MOBLEY, Gertrude MOBLEY
- MOBLEY: Edgar MOBLEY, Harriet MOBLEY
- MOBLEY: Arnold Jason MOBLEY, Hilda MOBLEY
- MORBY: A. E. MORBY
- ROBINS: J. W. ROBINS (Thomas WYATT, A. E. MORBY)
- WYATT: Thomas WYATT
Adderbury, Oxfordshire
- NEW! April 2008 COLLINS: Arthur COLLINS & Sarah Ann COLLINS
- HONE: Henry HONE, Elizabeth HONE & John Parker HONE
- HONE: Charles HONE, Mary HONE & Elizabeth HONE
Banbury: Southam Road Cemetery, Oxfordshire
- NEW! April 2008 Southam Road Cemetery - general views
- ALLEN: Samuel ALLEN & Charlotte
- BETTS: Sarah BETTS & William BETTS
- BRAGGINS: Colin Frederick BRAGGINS & Albert Edwin BRAGGINS
- BRAGGINS: James BRAGGINS, Sarah BRAGGINS, Thomas BRAGGINS & Phillip James BRAGGINS
- CALLOW: James CALLOW & Thomas George CALLOW
- FLOWERS: 'Harry', Henry FLOWERS
- FLOWERS: Thomas Flowers
- GUNN: Thomas GUNN, Naomi Butler GUNN, Thomas Butler GUNN & Naomi Millicent GUNN
- KNIBBS: John KNIBBS & Hannah KNIBBS
- KNIGHT: Thomas KNIGHT, Martha Matilda KNIGHT & Elizabeth KNIGHT
- OWEN: Henry OWEN, William Sutton OWEN & Sarah Ann OWEN
- OWEN: James OWEN, Sarah Gunn OWEN & Mary OWEN
- PARISH: John PARISH & Susan PARISH
- SANSBURY: Maria SANSBURY, Emily Jane SANSBURY & Walter SANSBURY
- SANSBURY: Walter Richard SANSBURY, William Lionel Howard SANSBURY, Florence Gussie SANSBURY
- NEW! April 2008 SANSBURY: Richard SANSBURY & Mary Maria SANSBURY
- SCHOBERT: Maud Naomi SCHOBERT
- NEW! April 2008 SCRIVENER: Joseph Walford SCRIVENER & Mary SCRIVENER
- SODEN: Harriett SODEN, Elizabeth Ann SODEN, Abraham SODEN
- NEW! April 2008 SOUTHAM : Lawrence Herbert SOUTHAM, Matilda SOUTHAM & Gladys Theresa Agnes SOUTHAM
- STANLEY: Richard STANLEY, Eleanor Mary STANLEY
- STANLEY: Richard STANLEY, Mary STANLEY
- NEW! April 2008 STEVENSON : Robert Lawrie STEVENSON & Deborah STEVENSON
- STRANGE: Stanley STRANGE
- STRANGE: William STRANGE, Mary Ann FROST
- STRANGE: William STRANGE, Thomas STRANGE, William STRANGE and Alfred STRANGE
- STRANGE: Mary Ann STRANGE
- STRANGE: Edith STRANGE
- WARR: John WARR, Charlotte WARR
- WILKS: John WILKS, Mary Ann WILKS
Bloxham, Oxfordshire
- BAUGHEN: Winifred Edith BAUGHEN, Alice CLIFTON & Mary Elizabeth CLIFTON
- BRIDGES: Ronald William BRIDGES
- CARTER: Leslie Jonathan CARTER
- CARTER: Rose Helena CARTER, Philip Bruce CARTER
- CLIFTON: Kenneth George CLIFTON and Constance Irene CLIFTON
- CLIFTON, BAUGHEN: Alice CLIFTON, Mary Elizabeth CLIFTON & Winifred Edith BAUGHEN
- COLLINS: Alice COLLINS & William COLLINS
- NEW! April 2008 COLLINS: George COLLINS, Annie COLLINS
- HAWTIN: Henry HAWTIN, Richard MAWLE & Harriett MAWLE
- MALSBURY: Joseph MALSBURY, Martha Ann MALSBURY, Arthur MALSBURY, Thomas Percival MALSBURY
- MALSBURY: Joseph MALSBURY, Elizabeth MALSBURY
- MAWLE: Richard MAWLE, Harriett MAWLE, Henry HAWTIN
- MCDOWIE: Phyllis McDOWIE
- MORETON: Amy Gladys MORETON, Charles Oscar MORETON
- WISE: John WISE, Mary WISE
- WISE: Thomas WISE, Martha WISE, Walter WISE
- War Memorial
- The War Memorial : Dedication (1)
- The War Memorial : Dedication (2)
- War Memorial 1914-1918
- War Memorial 1939-1945
- The War Memorial : 2004 with Anne Williams
Claydon, Oxfordshire
- ASTELL: Sarah Ann ASTELL & John ASTELL
- PARRITT: John Henry PARRITT & Annie Maria PARRITT
- PREW: John PREW & Annie Maria PREW
Cropredy, Oxfordshire
- ALLITT: James ALLITT & Mary ALLITT
- BORTON: Mary Ann BORTON wife of John BORTON
- COTTERILL: Harry COTTERILL
- EAGLES: John EAGLES, Mary Ann EAGLES; William EAGLES, Elizabeth EAGLES, William EAGLES, Mary EAGLES & Thomas EAGLES
- ELKINGTON: Elizabeth ELKINGTON
- PROFFITT: Betsy PROFFITT & Mary Ann BORTON
- SHIRLEY: William Albert SHIRLEY & Elizabeth SHIRLEY
- SUMNER: George SUMNER, Mary SUMNER & William SUMNER
- SUMNER: Richard SUMNER & Mary Ann SUMNER
- WISE: James WISE, Betsy WISE
Enstone, Oxfordshire
- War Memorial 1914-1918
- War Memorial 1939-1945
- Mont Abbott's Gravestone » Montague Abbott, "Old Mont" (1989)
Great Bourton, Oxfordshire
- NEW! June 2008 ARISS: Richard ARISS, Hannah ARISS & Annie ARISS
- NEW! June 2008 BLISS: Harold Frederick BLISS & Alice Gwendoline BLISS
- NEW! June 2008 CLARK: Willoughby CLARK & Sarah CLARK
- NEW! June 2008 COOKNELL: Ada Annie COOKNELL
- NEW! June 2008 COY: Isaac COY & Elizabeth COY
- NEW! June 2008 COY: Lucy COY
- NEW! June 2008 ELKINGTON: John ELKINGTON & John Allitt ELKINGTON
- NEW! June 2008 QUINNEY: Arthur Aubrey QUINNEY
- NEW! June 2008 QUINNEY: George Henry QUINNEY & Rose Ann QUINNEY
Great Tew, Oxfordshire
- BRAXTON: Sarah BRAXTON
- BUSBY: Elizabeth BUSBY & Samuel BUSBY
- FRANKLIN: John FRANKLIN
- NELSON: William Alfred NELSON
- NELSON: Elizabeth NELSON
- PINFOLD: Elizabeth PINFOLD
- SPENCER: Edward SPENCER & Elizabeth SPENCER
- SPENCER: William SPENCER & Elizabeth SPENCER
Milcombe, Oxfordshire
- List of names on memorials in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St. Laurence
- Inscriptions from memorials in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St. Laurence
- Plan of churchyard and key to memorials inscriptions
Shutford, Oxfordshire
- GIBBS: John GIBBS & Sarah Tustain GIBBS
Swerford, Oxfordshire
- BAYLIS: Dinah BAYLIS
- BAYLIS: Amelia Jane BAYLIS, Arthur BAYLIS & Jane Mary BAYLIS
- BAYLIS: John BAYLIS
- BLEA: James BLEA, Alexander BLEA & Elizabeth BLEA
- BUSBY: John BUSB & Martha Ann BUSBY
- COLEGRAVE: Ann COLEGRAVE
- COLEGRAVE: Frances COLEGRAVE, John COLEGRAVE & Henry Edward COLEGRAVE
- COLEGRAVE: John COLEGRAVE & William H. COLEGRAVE
- FORTNAM: Ann FORTNAM
- FRENCH: Charles Edward FRENCH & Mary FRENCH
- HAWTIN: George HAWTIN & Anne HAWTIN
- TAPLIN: George Herbert TAPLIN & Alice Gertrude Nell TAPLIN
Wardington, Oxfordshire
- NEW! June 2008 BLISS: Beriah BLISS
- NEW! June 2008 BODDINGTON: William BODDINGTON & Emma Elenor BODDINGTON
- NEW! June 2008 COOKNELL: Frederick Thomas COOKNELL & Elizabeth COOKNELL
- NEW! June 2008 COOKNELL: Leonard Charles COOKNELL & Ivy Gwendoline COOKNELL
- NEW! June 2008 COOKNELL: Caroline COOKNELL
- NEW! June 2008 COOKNELL: Charles COOKNELL & Sarah Mary COOKNELL
- NEW! June 2008 COOKNELL: John COOKNELL
- NEW! June 2008 PECKOVER: Albert PECKOVER & Emily PECKOVER
- NEW! June 2008 PECKOVER: Walter PECKOVER & Emma PECKOVER
- NEW! June 2008 REYNOLDS: Thomas REYNOLDS & Annie REYNOLDS
- NEW! June 2008 ROOT: John ROOT & Vere ROOT
- NEW! June 2008 ROOT: Sarah ROOT
- NEW! June 2008 SODEN: Thomas SODEN & Ada Edith SODEN
- NEW! June 2008 SRINGALL: Francis Joseph SPRINGALL & Alice SRINGALL
Wigginton, Oxfordshire
- ARCHER: Benjamin ARCHER
- COLES: Daniel COLES
- COLES: Joseph COLES & Mary COLES
- ELL: George Alfred ELL & Sophia ELL
- GILKES: Rose GILKES
- HALL,GILKES: Sarah HALL & Elizabeth GILKES
- HARTLEY: Richard HARTLEY & Matilda HARTLEY
- HOWSE: William HOWSE & Dinah HOWSE
- HOWSE: William HOWSE & Ellen HOWSE
- POWELL: Thomas POWELL & Elizabeth Hannah POWELL, Harriett POWELL & Elizabeth Harriett POWELL
Wroxton, Oxfordshire
Pillerton Hersey, Warwickshire
- ALLIBONE: William ALLIBONE
Family Stories
- Family Stories Index
- Scrumping in Aynhoe on July 24th 1891, Dawn Griffis [WRIGHTON]
Old Photographs
Un-named:
- Everyday clothes 1910: Aynho Village
- Another one from the box! Studio photograph of a lady, in the early 20th century
- 1930s fashion, Aynho Village - and bobbing for apples!
Named
- BUSH, SLACK : Joseph SLACK & Nancy BUSH c1935
- BUSH, TUDOR : Gladys BUSH & Joseph TUDOR, 1933
- PAGE : William PAGE, Frank PAGE (about 1912)
- PAGE : Frank PAGE, William PAGE, ?? HALL, Sergeant Major HECKFORD (1912)
- PARRISH : PARRISH family, 1915-6
- SMITH : William Arthur SMITH, 1915
- SMITH: William Arthur SMITH, about 1930
- WILKINS : Reginald WILKINS and his sister Margaret WILKINS, about 1935
Villages & Towns
Northamptonshire
Aston-Le-Walls, Northamptonshire
Aynho, Northamptonshire
- Aynho Wharf
- Cottages
- "The Hill", Aynho, Northamptonshire
- St. Michael's Parish Church
- The Square
- Almshouses
- The Village Green
- Blacksmith Hill
- Brackley Road
- Hollow Way
- Hill Cottages
- Mrs. Butler's House, decorated for the Coronation of King George VI, 1936
- Early print of Aynho Parish Church
- Station Road, 1939
- The Village Green 1936, decorated for the Coronation of King George VI
- Lower Village Green, showing the main road to Banbury
- Brackley Road Thatched Cottages, 1936
Byfield, Northamptonshire
Catesby, Northamptonshire
Chacombe, Northamptonshire
Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire
Greatworth, Northamptonshire
Marston St. Lawrence, Northamptonshire
Plumpton, Northamptonshire
Sulgrave, Northamptonshire
Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire
Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire
Weedon Lois, Northamptonshire
Oxfordshire
Adderbury, Oxfordshire
- Parish Church of St. Mary
- New Road, 1915
- Parish Church of St. Mary, another view
- Parish Church of St. Mary, interior
- Parish Church of St. Mary, interior view
- The Church Yard at St. Mary's Parish Church
- The Red Lion
- The Mount
- Old Cottage
- Manorial Court Records
Balscote, Oxfordshire
- Balscote Village School
- The Old Post Office
- Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
- Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene - further photographs
Banbury, Oxfordshire
- A Fine Lady on her White Horse, Ride a Cock Horse
- St. Mary's Church
- Church House
- Banbury Cross
- St. John's Roman Catholic Church
- The High Street, looking down Broad Street
- The Co-op from the corner of George Street and Broad Street
- Cromwell Lodge Hotel in North Bar
- Three Pigeons Public House
- Reindeer Inn, Parsons Street
- Reindeer Inn - from the back
- The Town Hall
- The Town Hall - another view
- The Market Place
- Market Day
- St. Mary's School
- The house of Edward Vivers, Quaker cloth merchant; later Betts' Cake Shop
- Viver's House - Betts' Cake Shop
- Cornhill - Market Place
- The former "Red Lion Hotel", High Street
- Buildings around the Market Place (1)
- Buildings around the Market Place (2)
- Buildings around the Market Place (3)
- The Old Corn Exchange
- The Old Crown Hotel
- The Old Baptist Chapel
- Thai Orchid, formerly Wincotts/Wyncolls Garden Centre
- Town Hall, old photograph
- Banbury Cross and North Bar
- The Old Cake Shop
- Horton Hospital or Banbury Infirmary, about 1914
- Oxford Road, about 1914
- Banbury Cross from the Church Tower
- Market Place and Cornhill
- The Canal at Banbury passing through Castle Quay Shopping Centre
- The Canal at Banbury more photographs of the canal
Bloxham, Oxfordshire
- Parish Church of St. Mary from the graveyard
- Parish Church of St. Mary from the High Street
- Hawk & Partridge
- The Joiner's Arms
- Little Bridge Road
- Old Bridge Road
- Old Bridge Road
- Rose Bank & Humber Street
- "To The Square"
- Unicorn Street
Bodicote, Oxfordshire
Claydon, Oxfordshire
- Memorials from the Parish Church of St. James the Great
- St. James the Great Parish Church (view 1)
- St. James the Great Parish Church (view 2)
Cropredy, Oxfordshire
- Memorials from the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
- St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church (Photo 1)
- St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church (Photo 2)
- The Church Tower
- Stained glass windows inside the church
- Cottages facing the church
- Old Cottages
- The Wharf
Deddington, Oxfordshire
Enstone, Oxfordshire
- Parish Church of St. Kenelm's
- War Memorials: 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
- Methodist Chapel
- Mont Abbott's Gravestone » Montague Abbott, "Old Mont"
Epwell, Oxfordshire
- St. Ann's Parish Church
- St. Ann's Parish Church - further photographs
- Row of Cottages
Finmere, Oxfordshire
Great Tew, Oxfordshire
- Parish Church of St. Michael
- Memorials from the Graveyard
- Cottages in the Village
- Cottages in the Village
- View of the village
Grimsbury, Oxfordshire
Milcombe, Oxfordshire
Mollington, Oxfordshire
- Parish Church of All Saints - exterior view
- Parish Church of All Saints - the font
- Parish Church of All Saints - Interior view
- Parish Church of All Saints - Church Gate
- Parish Church of All Saints - The Church Tower
Shutford, Oxfordshire
- Winter February 1947
- Keep fit in front of Shutford Manor 1960
- Ladies keep fit, 1960
- View of Shutford from Balscote Road
- St. Martin's Parish Church
South Newington, Oxfordshire
- South Newington School, 1920
- High Street
- The Old School, 2003
- South Newington Pupils, 1923
- South Newington Brownies
Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire
Swerford, Oxfordshire
Tadmarton, Oxfordshire
Wardington, Oxfordshire
- Cottages opposite Wardington Church
- Cottages
- Hare & Hounds Public House
- St. Mary Magdalene Parish Church
- Edgcote House
- Grandmas Cottage
- The Parish Church, 1912
- The Aubreys
- Upper Wardington
- The Parish Church photograph of the inside of the church
- Wardington House, 1912 (1)
- Wardington House, 1912 (2)
- The Lodge (1)
- The Lodge (2)
- Wardington Manor
- The School and pupils
- The Village, and the pump
- The Village
- The Village
- The Village, and the postman
Wigginton, Oxfordshire
Wroxton, Oxfordshire
Warwickshire
Cherington and Stourton, Warewickshire
Memories & Reminiscences
- Memories & Reminisences: Index
- A Bus Spotter's Dream: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- A Career In First Aid?, Smokey
- A Clean Sweep!!!, Muriel Wells
- Aftermath ----- The Sequel, Muriel Wells
- A Hard Day's Work, Len Denham
- A Jewel in the City's Crown, Smokey
- A Journey Of Timelessness, Smokey
- In family life, a lot has changed in sixty years, Smokey
- A Magical World: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- A New And Exciting Sensation!: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Anita ~ A Fast Worker, Smokey
- NEW! April Apart from the ponytail......, Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- A Renaissance In Maypole Dancing, Muriel Wells
- Arnhem And A Hugh Bunch Of Grapes, John Crofts
- A Street Party, Barbara Adair
- A Walk Into Town - From Easington to Banbury Town Centre about 1960, Christine Upton
- Away to Number 36, And see If Alf Is In!, Smokey
- A Welcome Fire: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- Back a few years!, Muriel Wells
- Banbury 60 years ago, written in 1959
- Before My Time!, Muriel Wells
- Before They Invented Rock'n'Roll - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Bells!: Memories of the 60s, Ian Ralph Huckin
- Bikes, Ian Ralph Huckin
- Brief Encounter, Len Denham
- By Any Other Name: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- By Any Other Name in 'Little England': Memories of the 50s, Helen Verrall
- Bygone ways!, Muriel Wells
- Childhood Holidays, Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- Coke, Smokey
- Coventry: November 14th 1940, Dorothy Gibbs
- Cures, Customs and Sayings, Dawn Griffis
- Double, Double, Toil And Bubble! - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Do You Remember?, Rhoda Woodward
- Drifting thro' the years!, Muriel Wells
- Dymchurch & Boulogne, 1939, Muriel Wells
- Evacuation, Len Denham
- Exhibits in the Museum of a Working Career: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Family Fun For All Ages - Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- Games in the Street, Smokey
- Games We Played, Ian Huckin
- Hoarding School - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Hooked Rugs, Barbara Adair
- Hospitals - The other side of the coin!, Muriel Wells
- I am not my mother's daughter for nothing!, Muriel Wells
- If only I could remember his name ..., Smokey
- It is not what you think, Conductor!, Len Denham
- It was a Hard Cash Society, Smokey
- League Division Three, Smokey
- Lieutenant One Day, Duke The Next, Smokey
- Love At First Sight, Mike Griffis
- Love's Labour's Lost, Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- NEW! April Lucky dip!, Muriel Wells
- Magic Times! Memories of the 40s, Muriel Wells
- Mangle-ing & other kitchen activities, Muriel Wells
- Memories of a Scarf, Pam Taylor
- Memories of Guy Fawkes Nights, Derek Hindle
- Memories of Guy Fawkes Nights (2), Derek Hindle
- Memories of Horley House Childrens Home in the 1930s, Christine Upton
- Memories of Outings, Muriel Wells
- Memories of the past, Muriel Wells
- Memories of Whitsuntide, Muriel Wells
- NEW! April Mary Box, Smokey
- NEW! April Mental scars ..... Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- More about coke, Muriel Wells
- Muriel Never Skipped, Smokey
- Muriel's Meanderings in and around Halloween!, Muriel Wells
- Muriel's Reply - Memories of the 1940s, Muriel Wells
- On Gypsies and Hawkers, Muriel Wells
- Ooh, luvverly stuff---both the buses and the trams!, Muriel Wells
- Out of our window...., Len Denham
- Painful Memories, Smokey
- Proud Monsters of Steam: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Reflections ......... on Hair!, Muriel Wells and Rhoda Woodward (and Len!)
- Remembering The War in Warwickshire, Anne Paling
- Remembrance, Muriel Wells
- Reminiscing on Football, Muriel Wells
- Running Errands - Easier now than then!, Muriel Wells
- School Holidays, Christine Upton
- School Reports - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- School -The Best Years Of Your Life? Part 1, Muriel Wells
- Schooldays - the happiest days of your life? Part 2, Muriel Wells
- Schooldays, The happiest days of your life? - Part 3, Muriel Wells
- School Uniform, Barbara Adair
- Score one for apprentices: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- Short, back & sides, Muriel Wells
- Simpler then, Ian Ralph Huckin
- Skipping Rhymes
- Somewhere safe to sleep, Bill Burgoyne
- Stepping back - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- Strange Alice - Memories Of The 40s, Smokey
- t'cwop!, Muriel Wells
- Textbooks! - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- The Anderson Shelter, Smokey
- The Annual "Sharra" Trip, Smokey
- The company had four shareholders - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- The Corner Shop, Muriel Wells
- The Course Clerk, Mr. Toby Jug: Memories of the 50s, Smokey
- The Empire was built on standards, Smokey
- The Great Treasure Hunt, Smokey
- The "Ings", Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- The lure was the railway station, Smokey
- The Meter Man, Smokey
- The Military Haircut, Vic Taylor
- The Muriel In Memories, Smokey
- The Open Road: Memories of the 40s, Smokey
- The Reunion Ballad, Ian Ralph Huckin
- The School Day - Memories Of The 50s, Smokey
- The Summer Of 1940, Len Denham
- This Muriel DID Skip, Muriel Wells
- Times was 'ard, Ian Huckin
- Today, There Are No Telegrams, Smokey
- Those Early Schooldays, Len Denham
- Tramps And "Something", Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- Utility, The Mother Of Invention, Smokey
- Walking Was The Big Activity, Smokey
- Ward Cleaning At The Horton, Dawn Griffis (née Alsford)
- West Hampstead Cemetery! Any more for the Underground!, Len Denham
- Where Are They Now?, Rhoda Woodward
- Winnie And Mr. Bird, Smokey
- Writing Hazards, Ian R Huckin
- Writing Hazards Decades Ago!, Muriel Wells
- Writing Hazards - Dorothy's Reply, Dorothy Gibbs
Books & Book Reviews
- Books & Book Reviews: Index
- M K Ashby : Joseph Ashby of Tysoe, 1859-1919 - A Study of English Village Life
- Banbury Historical Society : Banbury Past Through Artists' Eyes
- Maurice Cole : Thorpe Mandeville
- Andrew F. Fox : Eighty years a Claydonian and random lines and verses
- Dawn Griffis : Aynhoe Village Life. The Way it Was - Then - Before and Beyond
- George Herbert : The Shoemaker's Window
- Edited by Ian Huckin and written by members of the Banbury Area Mailing List :
Before I forget
I had almost forgotten!
I remember now!
And I remember this too! - Ian Ralph Huckin : Simpler Then - From a Tot to a Teen in 1960's Oxfordshire
- Steve Humphries & Richard Van Emden : All Quiet on the Home Front
- D A Judd : Living in the Country - Life in Rural Northamptonshire from before the First World War
- Laurie Lee : Cider with Rosie
- E.B. Newbold : Portrait of Coventry
- Kevin Northover : Banbury during the Great War
- William Potts : Banbury in the Coaching Days
- William Cotton Risley : Extracts from the diaries of William Cotton Risley, Vicar of Deddington, 1836-1848 from the Banbury Historical Society
- Byron Rogers : The Green Lane to Nowhere - The life of an English Village
- Sheila Stewart : Lifting the Latch
- Sheila Stewart : Ramlin Rose: The Boatwoman's Story
- Flora Thompson : Lark Rise to Candleford
- Anne Williams : The Life and Times of William Francis 'Frank' Billing (1885-1979)
- Anne Williams : Our Ancestors of Bloxham, Oxfordshire
- Anne Williams : History of the Mothers Union in Adderbury
- Anne Williams : Wartime memories of the city of Coventry
Traditional Recipes and Food to Remember
- Revised! April 2008 Banbury Cakes, Rhoda Woodward
- NEW! April 2008 Easy Date and Walnut Cake, Ian Huckin
- Revised! April 2008 Gooseberry or Guzgog Jam, Betty Rhodes
- NEW! April 2008 Ian's Mincemeat, Ian Huckin
- NEW! April 2008 Lime Marmalade, Ian Huckin
- Revised! April 2008 Marzipan - using soya flour, Muriel Wells
- Revised! April 2008 Ministry of Food Leaflet for Using Soya Flour (detail), Muriel Wells
- NEW! April 2008 Pineapple Upsidedown Cake, Ian Huckin
- NEW! April 2008 Shortbread, Ian Huckin
- NEW! April 2008 Syllabub, Betty Rhodes
- Revised! April 2008 Tea, Muriel Wells
- NEW! April 2008 Traditional Scones, Ian Huckin
The Potpourri Pot
- The Potpourri Pot: Contents
- Mailing Lists: Notes & Comments About Mailing Lists
- Spelling - The whys and wherefores!
- Ten tips for taking a cemetery survey: Mary Harrell-Sesniak
- NEW! June 2008 The Importance of Proofreading
- Updated! June 2008 Chapman County Codes
- Updated! June 2008 Smilies
- NEW! Photography - the hard way!
- Updated! June 2008 Abbreviations used in Genealogy
- Updated June 2008 Getting the best out of your Queries: Creating Golden Queries - Advice on how to ask online questions that get results.
- NEW! June 2008 What is a Genealogist?
- Revised! June 2008 Searching Databases: Soundex, Metaphone, Fuzzy & Boolean Searches; & RootsWeb Message Boards
Banbury Area Mailing List
- Main Page: How to subscribe, un-subscribe or contact the List Administrators - Angela and Rosemary
- Browse the List Archives going from one message to another.
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- Background information about mailing lists -- all you ever wanted to know!
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