Bibliography

Books we have found useful in preparing this web site

Lark Hill to Candleford. Flora Thompson .

Penguin 1973

Wonderfully descriptive of life in North Oxfordshire villages in the late 1800s. Flora’s father was a stone mason and her friends were children of agricultural workers. The recent TV serial looked at a different aspect to Flora’s life as a post Office assistant. The book is highly recommended.for anyone with nineteenth century rural ancestors.

The Girl From Hockley - Growing up in Working Class Birmingham. Kathleen Dayus.

Virago 2006

Just 12 years older than Daisy PRATT, Kathleen Dayus lived less than a mile away. The book discribes the conditions Daisy told us about and helps to understand her early life. The book is highly recommended.for anyone with early twentieth century urban ancestors.

Brown Bread and Butter in the basement - A Twenties Childhood. Jenifer Wayne Gollancz.

1973

Jenifer Wayne was a grand daughter of a teacher at Marston green Cottge Homes and later the superintendent of the new aston Cottage Homes. Her book describes her childhood as a daughter of a teacher. She gives a few glimpses into her grandparents life in Marston Green

Oxfordshire Country Life: The Diaries of George James Dew (1846-1928), Relieving Officer. edited by Pamela Horn.

Beacon Publications 1986 Beacon 1983

“George James Dew, the writer of the diaries, was Relieving Officer for the B1etchington district of the Bicester Poor Law Union from 1870 until 1923. This covered the following parishes: Ardley, B1etchington, Bucknell, Chesterton, Charlton-on-Otmoor, Fritwell, Fencott & Murcott, Upper Heyford, Lower Heyford, Islip, Kirtlington, Middleton Stoney, Noke, Oddington, Somerton, Souldern, Wendlebury and Weston on the Green. (18 in all).”

Oxfordshire Country Life in the 1860s. The Early Diaries of George James Dew (1846-1928) of Lower Heyford. edited by Pamela Horn

Beacon Publications 1986

The diaries contain an everyday account of the son of a Carpenter, builder and undertaker they give a wonderful insight into life in a small north Oxfordshire village (mentioning many of our family members).

George James also describes going to take water treatment in Great Malvern.

These books are well worth reading for anyone interested in social history of the 1860-1880 period. They can be read independently

A History of Banbury Road, Kidlington. John Amor.

Kidlington & District Historical Society 1991

An interesting tour of this major Road through Kidlington giving a history of the various buildings. Sadly it has an error about the Ellard family who kept the Three Horseshoes from 1889-1894. It is a good starting place for any one interested in Kidlington area.

Chipping Norton Inns. Dennis Lewis .

Chipping Norton Museum of Local History 2004

Not only an interesting history of the 64 Hotels and Inns of the town but has a small selection of other interesting notes about the town in general. For example the election of 1754

A Question of Paulton. Rosemary J Marlor.

Paulton Parish Council 1990

Produced as the result of a Village Appraisal project it contains information about Paulton in 1988 and looks back at the village in the nineteenth century. The project was highly commended in a competition sponsored by Shell.

Victorian Wantage. Kathleen Phillip.

published by K Phillip 1968

A delightful book that does just what the title says ..looks at Wantage through Victoria’s reign.

A Visitors Guide to Wantage. Bill FULLER.

published by the author 1991

Bill Fuller has planed a walk about the town describing the buildings and features along the route.

The Length of the Road - Recordings. Maud ODY.

published by Wessex Press (Wantage) Ltd 1985 ISBN No 0 948644 01 X

Maud ODY lists the people who lived in 1924-1930 along the 3½ mile stretch of road from her birth village Garford through Lyford to Charney Bassett where she spent most of her childhood. She tells of Berkshire village life in that period with stories about the people she knew and the local traditions that were observed. There is a good description of Lyford almshouses.

Bibliography