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The Catalogue of the Club's Archives and Possessions was first compiled in March 2003. It was last updated on 6th June 2009. The Catalogue References are as follows: A - Audio Tapes B - Books and Magazines C - Compact Discs D - Documents and Pamphlets DVD - DVDs E - Equipment M - Maps O - Objects P - Photographs V - Video Tapes Items may be borrowed by Radley History Club members for their own researches on application to the Club's Archivist: Stanley Baker, 79 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon OX14 3AE. Tel: 01235 530402, e-mail: SBaker9785@aol.com Audio Tapes, Books and CDs Section A - Audio Tapes A.1. May Wadsworth, interviewed by Joan Davies (later Poirette), c.1985. (Approx 40 minutes). (A CD (cat. ref. C.1.21) has been created from this Audio Tape). A.2. Radley Women's Institute Diamond Jubilee Meeting, 1985. President: Christine Usherwood. (Unfinished, approx 45 minutes). A.3. 'People and Places' - BBC Radio Oxford Programme at Radley, January 1988, with John Simpson interviewing:- Francis Levetus, Chairman of the Parish Council, Sue Shaw (aged 84), Editor of Radley News .Revd., Dan Pope, Vicar of Radley. Ernest ('Sugar') Stimpson, Lower Radley. Cyril Peverill, Chairman of Village Hall Management Committee. Dennis Silk, Warden of Radley College. (45 minutes plus 10 minutes). (A CD (cat. ref. C.2.12) has been created from this Audio Tape). A.4. Clerk of the Green Cloth - institution of Ron Woodley as first Clerk to the revived office, 1988, at Radley College. Short interviews with Ron and with Dennis Silk, John Pound and others. (Approx 10 minutes). A.5. 'Early History of the Railways' - David Lloyd's talk at the Radley Retirement Group's meeting on 8th February 1994. (Unfinished, approx 45 minutes). A.6. Village Voice - BBC Radio Oxford Programme at Radley, 27th September 1994, with Anne Howard interviewing:- Patrick Drysdale. Francis Levetus, Chairman of the Parish Council. Brian Mott, Editor of Radley News. Eric Blanks, Clerk of the Green Cloth. Christine Usherwood, Churchwarden. Hamish Aird, Sub-warden of Radley College. John Homewood, Peachcroft Farm. Olwen Drysdale, Meals on Wheels, Flower Show. Margaret Morgan, Organiser of the Lunch Club. Doug Rawlinson, Social Secretary of the Radley Retirement Group. Jenny Davie, Booking Secretary for Radley Village Hall. (45 minutes plus 10 minutes). For a Summary of the contents of this tape by Christine Wootton, see Documents D. 127. For a Compact Disc compiled from this tape, see Compact Discs C. 2. 41). A.7. V.E. Day Fiftieth Anniversary - BBC Radio Programme at Radley, 1995, with Jonathan Hancock interviewing: Jean Saczak (nee Helman). Doug Rawlinson. Barbara Wootton. Denis Standen. Marcia Graham (Radley Primary School). (Approx. 40 minutes). (For a Compact Disc compiled from this tape, see Compact Discs C. 2. 42). Section B - Books and Magazines B.1. The History of Radley by Patrick Drysdale, Rita Ford, Patricia Groser, Marian Orchard, Ann Parkes, Kay Williams. Original drawings by Jim Webb. Edited and designed by Patrick Drysdale. Published by Radley History Club 2002. See Publications by the Club PU. 1. B.2. The Story of Abingdon part one. 150,000,000 B.C. - 1186 A.D. by Mieneke Cox. Designed and printed by Leach's the Printers, Abingdon. 1986. B.3. Medieval Abingdon. The Story of Abingdon Part II by Mieneke Cox. Designed and printed by Leach's the Printers, Abingdon. 1989. B.4. Abingdon 1556-1702 Peace and War. The Story of Abingdon part three by Mieneke Cox. Printed by Leach's the Printers, Abingdon. 1993. B.5. Abingdon. An 18th Century Country Town. The Story of Abingdon Part IV by Mieneke Cox. Printed by Leach's the Printers, Abingdon. 1999. B.6. Abingdon Pageant by Mieneke Cox. Printed by Leach's the Printers, Abingdon 1995. B.7. Walks in the White Horse Country. Fifteen Country Rambles near Oxford, Swindon and Newbury. By Nigel Hammond, with Historical Notes. Countryside Books, Newbury. 1982. B.8. Around Abingdon (The Archive Photographs Series). Compiled by Nigel Hammond. Chalford Publishing Company. 1996. (Old photographs of Abingdon and some nearby parishes). B.9. Oxford. Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Andrew Lang, M.A.. London: Seeley & Co. Ltd. 1890. B.10. Stories from The History of Berkshire by Edmund A. Greening Lamborn. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1908. B.11. The Radley District: Its History, Botany, Entomology and Geology. Edited by the Rev. T. Field, D.D., Warden of St. Peter's College, Radley. Oxford: Parker and Son. 1912. B.12. The Story of The First Berkshire (Abingdon) Battalion Home Guard by Ourselves. Printed for the Battalion by Sydney Astle Ltd., Manchester. 1945. B.13. Christ's Hospital, Abingdon. The Almshouses, The Hall and The Portraits by Arthur E. Preston, F.S.A., Master 1929. Oxford University Press [1929]. Addendum sheet by J.H. Hooke, Master 1980. B.14. The History of Radley College 1847-1947 by A.K. Boyd. Basil Blackwell, Oxford. 1948. B.15. A duplicate copy of B.14, with dust jacket, formerly belonging to Joy Alexander, founder of the Radley History Club. B.16. No Ordinary Place. Radley College and the Public School System 1847-1997 by Christopher Hibbert. John Murray, London. 1997. B.17. Looking at Radley. An Architectural and Historical Survey of the earlier buildings [of Radley College]. By M.T. Cherniavsky and A.E. Money. Radley College. 1981. B.18. Abingdon Deanery Festival - Programme. 1981. B.19. The Early History of Abingdon Abbey by F.M. Stenton. Paul Williams, Stamford, Lincs. 1989 (First published by University College, Reading, 1913). B.20. Fifty Years of St. Peter's College, Radley by Rev. T.D. Raikes and Other Old Radleians. James Parker & Co. Oxford and London. 1897. B.21. Transferred to B. 60. B.22. Radley Village Plan published by Radley Parish Council, December 1984 B.23. Selections from the Records of the Borough of Abingdon from AD 1555 to AD 1807. Edited by Bromley Challenor, Town Clerk. Abingdon. William H. Hooke, 1898. (Gift from Dr & Mrs. A. C. McDougall, September 2003). B.24. Abingdon Abbey – Its History and Buildings. By Mieneke Cox. Friends of Abingdon, 1970. (Gift from Dr & Mrs. A.C. McDougall, September 2003). B.25. The Church and Parish of St.Nicholas, Abingdon, and other Papers. By Arthur E. Preston. Oxford University Press. London 1929. (Presented by Dick Deane of Park Farm, Radley, September 2003). B.26. Invasion 1940. Britain's Defence Line near Radley. By Leslie Smith and Tony Money. Reprinted as a booklet from the Old Radleian Magazine, 1999. (For Tony Money's talk to the History Club in February 2004, recorded on CD, see C. 2.11. For photos of pillboxes, see P. 1.61(i-iv). For extracts from the Old Radleian relating to this article, see D. 34) B.27 Reflections. A pictorial look back at life in Oxford and Oxfordshire from 1900 to 1975. An Oxford Mail publication, Tuesday December 20 1994. Paperback. 66 pp. B.28 An Illustrated History of the Abingdon Branch. GWR. By Nigel Trippett and Nicholas de Courtais. Wild Swan Publications Ltd. 1985. Paperback. 70 pp. B.29 Abingdon-on-Thames Today. By Harry Knights. Thomas Leach Ltd. Abingdon-on-Thames. 1982. Paperback. 48 pp. B.30 Journeys into Oxfordshire: A Collection of Ink Drawings. By Anthony Mackay. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. Stroud. 1993. Hardback. 148 pp. B.31 Around Abingdon in Old Photographs. Collected by Pamela Horn. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. Gloucester.1987. Paperback. B.32 Historic Abingdon. Fifty-six Articles by Agnes C. Baker. Abbey Press, Abingdon. 1963. Semi-hardback. 158 pp. B.33. The Thames Valley in Pictures. A descriptive tour of the Thames from source to tideway with seventy-six illustrations and map. By Maxwell Fraser.Thames Valley Art Productions Ltd, Oxford. [n.d.]. Paperback. 14 pp + illustrations and map. B.34. A Tapestry of Life: An Autobiography. By James S. Candy. Martin Books Ltd., Braunton, Devon. 1984. Paperback. 108 pp. [Largely concerned with Kennington, Sunningwell, Boars Hill, Youlbury and Abingdon]. B.35. Rural Life in the Vale of the White Horse, 1780-1914. By Nigel Hammond. William Smith, Reading. 1974. Hardback. 166 pp. B.36. The Abingdon Corporation Plate. Some Notes on the Abingdon Plate and Kindred Treasures and on the Donors and the Occasions of the Gifts. By Arthur E. Preston, F.S.A. Edited by Agnes C. Baker. Oxford University Press. 1958. Hardback. 84 pp. B.37. Abingdon and its Treasures. A short historical description of the buildings and their contents. Published by the Corporation of Abingdon. 1956. Paperback. 56 pp. B.38. Silver Threads. True Short Stories. By James S. Candy. Fine Print, Radley. 1989. Paperback. 58 pp. B.39. Oxfordshire at Work in Old Photographs. Compiled by Malcolm Graham. Alan Sutton, Stroud, Glos. 1991. B.40. Abingdon Abbey. Some Notes on its History and Buildings. Based on the Researches of Arthur E. Preston, F.S.A. By Agnes C. Baker with Architectural Descriptions by Walter H. Godfrey, C.B.E., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.. Friends of Abingdon. First Edition 1949, reprinted 1963. Abbey Press, Abingdon. Paperback. 16 pp. B.41. The Victorian Thames. By D.G. Wilson. Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Glos. 1993. Hardback. 132 pp. (N.B. Books B.27 to B.41 were presented to the Club by Jennie Deane in December 2003 from the collection of her late husband, Dick Deane). B.42. Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire. A short history and description of the house, gardens and estate. Published by the University of Oxford. Abbey Press, Abingdon. Third Edition 1984. B.43. Drawings of Oxford by J.C. Buckler 1811-27. (Bodleian Picture Book No. 3). Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1957. B.44. The Cotswolds - an introduction. By Kenneth Green, with drawings by Gerald Gardiner. Garland Press, Bristol. 1947. B.45. Action Stations. Military Airfields of Oxfordshire. By Michael J.F. Bowyer. Patrick Stevens. 1988. B.46. Excavations at Barrow Hills, Radley, Oxfordshire. Volume 1: The Neolithic and Bronze Age Monument Complex. By Alistair Barclay and Claire Halpin. (Presented by Brian and Rita Ford, January 2005). Also an interim report by R. Bradley, R.A. Chambers and C.E. Halpin, 1984, presented by Mrs. Barbara Hook, May 2007. B.47. Radley. Ancient Barrows to Modern Parish. By Patrick Drysdale. Printed by Parchment (Oxford) Ltd. 1985. B.48 (i) The Changing Faces of Kennington, Book One, by Carole Newbigging. 1999. (ii)The Changing Faces of Kennington, Book Two, by Carole Newbigging. 2002. (Presented by Mr. Robert Sephton, March 2005). B. 49. Oxoniensia, Volume LX, 1995 published by the Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society. Contains (inter alia) The Excavation of a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Site at Eight Acre Field, Radley by Andrew Mudd et al. (Presented by Robert Sephton, May 2005). B.50. Berkshire Village Book, compiled by the Berkshire Federation of Womwn’s Institutes [1972]. Presented by Eric and and Mary Blanks. B.51. Radley 2000 – Radley Parish Council Millennium Souvenir Programme, presented by Eric and Mary Blanks. B.52. Cameos of Abingdon, celebrating our Charter Year, published by Abingdon Town Council and printed by Abbey Press Limited, Abingdon, 2006. Presented by Jean Deller (see also D.94 for a photocopy of the Abingdon Borough Charter 1556, also presented by Jean Deller). B.53. A History of Abingdon by J. Townsend, M.A., republished by S.R. Publishers Ltd. 1970 (original edition was published in 1910). Presented by John and Nancy Homewood, August 2006. B.54. Radley College – Treasures of the Library and Archives in an Exhibition. Catalogue of the books and documents exhibited by the College in July 2006. B.55. A Kennington Miscellany – some diverse events in its history by Robert S. Sephton, published by the author, 2006. B.56. When the Lights Went Out – Oxfordshire 1939 to 1945, by Malcolm Graham and Melanie Williams, published by Oxfordshire County Council 1979. 36pp. Presented by Mr M.J. Portsmouth. B.57. Bertrand and Alys Russell in Bagley Wood, by Robert S. Sephton, published by the Author, 2007. (Presented by the author, February 2007). (For Robert Sephton’s Research Report relating to “Halshanger”, Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, once owned by Bertrand Russell, see Documents, Cat. Ref. D. 88). B.58. Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, The House of George Washington’s Ancestors. Illustrated Guide to the Manor, House and Gardens and supplementary documents. (Presented by Brian Ford, February 2007). B.59 Radley Parish Magazines as follows: (i) 1895 (ii) 1896 (iii) 1897 (iv) 1898 (v) 1899 (vi) 1900 (vii) 1951 to 1956 (in one volume). (Deposited with the Radley History Club by the Radley Parochial Church Council on long loan, the PCC retaining legal ownership). (viii) February 1940. (Presented by Don Jones, March 2007). (ix) and (x) October 1952 and November 1952. See Documents D. 137(iii) and (ix). B.60. Radley News Magazines as follows:- February 1972 (No. 2) to October 1974 (No. 34) (with May 1972, August 1972, and September 1973 missing). These are in square format. January 1975 (No. 37), February 1975 (No. 38) and March 1975 (No. 39), May 1975 (No. 41). These are in A. 5 format. (Presented by Eric and Mary Blanks). January 1976, April 1976, July 1976, August 1976. January to June 1977, August 1977, September 1977, November 1977. 1978 (complete), 1979 (complete), January to September 1980, November 1980, March to December 1981, January to April 1982, June 1982, July 1982, August to December 1982, January to September 1983, November 1983, December 1983, 1984 (complete), January to November 1985, 1986 to the current month – complete sets. B.61. Copy of The Abingdon – Radley Branch Railway Line by John McGowan, published by Parchment (Oxford) Ltd. 28 February 1982. Photographed from the original loaned by Mr M.J. Portsmouth, September 2007. B.62 (i). Local History News, Number 84, Summer 2007 (Magazine of the British Association for Local History), containing (inter alia) a profile of Stanley Baker, an Award winner of the BALH Scroll for personal achievement in 2007. (ii) Copy of the BALH Programme for the Local History Day at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London on 2nd June 2007. (iii) Copy of the Scroll awarded to Stanley Baker. (iv) Photo of the Award Winners. (v) Newspaper Cutting from the Abingdon Herald 28 June 2007. B.63. Abingdon Abbey 675 – 1538 – A Brief History. Written by Angela Hallam, Archivist and Archaeologist, published by The Friends of Abingdon 1977. 8 pp and cover. (Presented by Dennis Tyler 2005). B.64. The Radley [College] Altarpiece, by Tony Money. Contains a history of altarpieces and retables. 16pp and colour illustrations; published by Radley College c. 2000. Presented by Brian and Rita Ford, June 2008. B.65. Great Western Railway Journal, No. 66, Spring 2008, containing an Article by Chris Turner entitled The Abingdon Goods - A Hinksey Guard's Duty, with many references to Radley and several photographs of Radley Station in the 1950s. Presented by Peter Fennell, June 2008. B.66. Berkshire Poll Book 1727, published by The Eureka Partnership, 68 pp. This is a transcription of the Poll Book which was published following the 1727 Parliamentary Election, and lists the names of the freeholders, their abode and the candidates for whom they voted. The candidates were Charles, Lord Viscount Fane, Sir John Stonehouse, Bart., and Robert Packer, Esq. Men from Radley, Sunningwell, Kennington, Northcourt, Barton and Thrupp are in the list. (Presented by Stanley Baker, July 2008). B.67. Berkshire Militia - Men enrolled 1807 and 1808, transcribed and published by The Eureka Partnership, 32 pp. This is a list of those men chosen by ballot to serve in the Berkshire Militia in late 1807 and early 1808, together with the parish for which they were to serve, and includes the names of substitutes and the date of enrolment. Men from Radley, Northcourt, Sunningwell and Thrupp Wick appear in the list. (Presented by Stanley Baker, July 2008). B.68. Berkshire Contiguous Parishes, published by CART Publications 1997, reprinted 1999 and 2000. 8 pp. This guide lists all the [old] Berkshire parishes and the parishes which adjoin each individual parish. (Presented by Stanley Baker, July 2008). B.69. The Williams Family of Abingdon, 1802-1994. Fifth Edition. By Alan R. Williams, July 2008. (Signed copy presented by the author, July 2008. Contains brief references to the Silvester, Stimpson and Minns families (not the Radley branches)). B.70. Hostilities Only- An Autobiography. By David Buckle, with Jan Greenough. 1999. Presented by Stanley Baker, August 2008. B.71. Thomas Pratt is Shooting Rabbits in Bagley Wood – an account of a dispute with an Oxford College over rights of common in a Berkshire Wood, by Robert S. Sephton. 2nd edition 2005. Published by the author, 2005. (Previously filed under Documents and Pamphlets D. 30). B.72. Booklets relating to Kennington published by the Kennington History Society, as follows:- (i) A Short History of Bagley Wood, its Fauna and Flora, by Winifred Spray. 12pp. 1992. (ii) Sandford Weir Memorial, by Leslie Smith. 12 pp. October 1992. (iii) The Kennington Memorial Field, by Winifred Spray. 10pp. July 1993. (iv) St. Swithun’s Church, by Stanley Gillam. 18pp. April 1994. (v) The Home Guard, with especial reference to Kennington Village and Locality, by Leslie Smith. 18pp. May 1995. (vi) Air Raids on Oxfordshire, World War II, with special reference to the environs of Kennington, Oxon, by Leslie Smith. 14pp. August 1995. (vii) A History of Medical Care in Kennington, by Christopher Strode. 14pp. June 1996. (viii) Kennington School(St. Swithun’s), by Stanley Gillam. 12pp. March 1998. (ix) The Manor House and Farm, by Stanley Gillam. 18pp. March 1999. (x) The Tandem, by Stanley Gillam. 22pp. February 2002. (xi) Evacuees Tell Their Stories, by Shirley Jones. 58pp. March 2005. Presented by Robert Sephton. (xii) The Kennington Story and history of the street names, by George Ross. 27pp. March 2006. Presented by the author. (xiii) The Ownership of Land and Property until 1913 [in Kennington], by Stanley Gillam. 42pp. April 2006. Presented by Robert Sephton. (All these booklets, except where otherwise stated, have been presented by Stanley Baker). B.73. Radley Flower Show 1898 – 1981. Booklet by P.E.G. [Patricia Groser] with an account of the history of Radley Flower Show; extracts from an exercise book found at Wick Hall dated 1898 recording the meetings which led to the holding of the first Show on 25th July 1899 at Wick Hall; and extracts from the Parish Magazines for 1899 and 1900 relating to the Shows for 1899 and 1900. (Presented by Patricia Groser). (The booklet also contains a copy of the photo of Mr amd Mrs Minns, filed under catalogue ref. P. 1.139). B.74. Bagley Wood District Nursing Association 1925 – 1948, by Robert S. Sephton, published by the author 2008, and presented by him November 2008. (Previously published in Oxfordshire Local History, Volume 8, No. 3, Spring 2008. See also the article by Robert Sephton entitled Before the National Health Service – District Nursing Associations, published in Oxfordshire Local History News, Issue III, Summer 2007, filed under Documents D. 120(ii)) B. 75. S.P. Grundy (1880-1942) – a life of social service in Manchester and North Berkshire, By Robert S. Sephton. Published by the author 2009 and presented by him, January 2009. (Contains extensive references locally to Kennington, created out of Radley parish in 1936). B. 76. Kelly’s Directory of Oxford, Abingdon, Woodsock and Neighbourhood 1945 (including Radley and Kennington). Part of Collection of documents, photographs, etc. presented by Mr. Charles Dockar Drysdale, March 2009. See Documents D. 182 and Photographs P. 1. 157 for the rest of the collection, and Compact Disc C.2.46. B. 77. Oxoniensia – the Journal of the Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society, Volume 73, 2008, containing (inter alia) an Article entitled The Abingdon Monks’ Map by John Steane, relating to Abingdon and Radley and a lawsuit in 1570 in which the mill-owning and fishery rights of William Blacknall were challenged by George Stonhouse of Radley. Presented by Mr. Robert Sephton, May 2009. Section C - Compact Discs C.1.20. Jenny Davie, 4th February 2004. C.1.21. May Wadsworth, c. 1985. (Created from Audio Tape A.1). C.1.22. Nancy Homewood, 10th March 2004. C.1.23. Michael (Mick) Portsmouth, 2nd April 2004. C.1.24. David Shaw, 18th February 2005. C.1.25. Betty Lee, 15th February 2005. C.1.26. Dennis Carter, 18th July 2007. C. 1.27. George Badcock – A Descriptive Tour of Radley, 1984. Compiled by Stanley Baker from an audio cassette in the Radley Primary School records. C.2. General Recordings C.2.1. The Club's First Web Pages, November 2002 C.2.2. My Life as it Happened and Much, Much More. By Bill Small of Radley. November 2002. (Transferred to C.3.5). C.2.3. Christ's Hospital, Abingdon. By Michael Matthews, March 2003. C.2.4. St Helen's Church Millennium Celebration Screen. By Mrs Mary Barton, 12th May 2003. C.2.5. The Sealed Knot. By David Kyffin, 9th June 2003. C.2.6. A Bloomin' Wonder - The History of the Radley Road Nurseries. By Rita Ford, 8th September 2003. (See also Typescript, Cat. ref. D.23). C.2.7. Nuneham and the Harcourts. By Dr Gerald Howat, 13th October 2003. C.2.8. The Thames from Iffley to the Thames Barrier. By Russell Cherry, 10th November 2003. C.2.9. Presentation to David Buckle, MBE, at Radley College, 15th December 2003. C.2.10. How Oxford got its Railway. By Robert Sephton, 12th January 2004. C.2.11. The (Potential) German Invasion of 1940. Talk by Tony Money. 9th February 2004. (For booklet Invasion 1940, see B.26; for extracts from the Old Radleian relating to this subject, see D.34; for photos of pillboxes, see P. 1.61 (i-iv). C.2.12. People and Places - BBC Radio Oxford Programme at Radley, January 1988, with John Simpson interviewing: Francis Levetus, Sue Shaw, Rev. Dan Pope, Ernest Stimpson, Cyril Peverill, Dennis Silk. (Created from Audio Tape A.3). C.2.13. Roses and Castles: English Canals and the Folk who worked on them. Talk by Martin Way, 8th March 2004. C.2.14. Anglo Saxons of the Upper Thames. Talk by Tim Porter, with Vote of Thanks by Jenny Standen.10th May 2004. C.2.15. Life in a Rural Scottish Village ('Insch') in the 1930s and 1940s. Talk by Sandy Fowlie, 13th September 2004. (See also Typescript of this talk, D. 50). C.2.16. Landscapes and Place Names around Radley. Talk by Ann Cole, 11th October 2004. C.2.17. Clerk of the Green Cloth - Medieval Fanfare played at the investiture of Carol Cavanagh, 10th October 2004. C.2.18. Picture Frames and Framing. Talk by Dr Peter Cannon Brookes, 8th November 2004. C.2.19. Recording of the Service in Radley Church for the licensing of the Rev. Pam McKellen as Priest-in-Charge of Radley and Sunningwell. 22nd November 2004. C.2.20. Siegfried Sassoon - A Friend. A BBC Radio 4 Presentation by Dennis Silk, 4 July 2004. Compiled from the BBC's audio tape). C.2.21. Workhouses (with particular reference to the Abingdon Workhouse). Talk by Peter Higginbotham, 10th January. C.2.22. Introductory Talk on Thematic Trails, by Peter Keene, 11th April 2005. C.2.23. Shepherding. Talk by David Smith, 9th May 2005. C.2.24. Radley Bellringers ringing Quarter Peal, 10th July 2005. C.2.25. Colour Photos taken inside and outside of Radley Church by Martin Beek of 46 Lake Street, Oxford (disc copied from original belonging to Denis Standen, Churchwarden, Radley). C.2.26. The Reindeer and Wolves of Radley - Excavations at Tuckwell's Gravel Pit. Talk by Dr Katharine Scott 10th C.2.27. The History of Printing. Talk by Claire Bolton 14th November 2005. C.2.28. Transcript of Radley Terrier 1633, prepared by Stanley Baker. C.2.29. Genealogical Reports for Radley Families, November 2006, compiled and presented by Christine Wootton. C.2.30. Bodging and other Lost Crafts. Talk by Laureen Williamson. 8th May 2006. (Not yet completed) C.2.31. Investiture of Chris Gasson as Radley Clerk of the Green Cloth by Angus McPhail, Warden of Radley College, 8th October 2006. (For DVD of the Ceremony, see DVD. 5; for Video, see V. 8) C.2.32. Article entitled The Silvester Family of Sunningwell and Radley, by Christine Wootton, October 2006. Presented by the author. (For hard copy of this Article see D. 101).(For publication, see PU. 7). C. 2.33. Oxfordshire in World War II, by Dr Malcolm Graham. A talk presented to the Club on 13 November 2006. 79 mins 32 secs. C.2.34. Radley Church (exterior and interior), churchyard and pond. 157 images taken by Les Hemsworth. 2006/7. (Presented by the author March 2007). (For thumbnail prints of these photos see Photographs Cat. Ref. P.1.104). C.2.35. Radley Church Choir sings carols at Wick Hall, 22 Dec. 2005. C.2.36. 63 images taken by Les Hemsworth at Radley History Club Exhibition, 12 & 13 May 2007, and presented by him. C.2.37. 15 images taken by Christine Wootton at Radley History Club Exhibition, 12 & 13 May 2007, and presented by her. (This CD also includes 44 images for the Radley Primary School project). C.2.38 (i) Kennington Enclosure Map 1803. (ii) Kennington Tithe Map 1862. (iii) Kennington Estate Sale Plan 1913. (This CD copied from the original belonging to Mr Roger Gelder of Kennington). C.2.39. Doug Rawlinson Collection. 62 Images of Radley Primary School, Pupils and School Events 1978-2006; and of Radley Pensioners Association and Radley Retirement Group 1989-2006. Compiled from slides loaned by Doug Rawlinson.(For thumbnail prints, see Photographs, P.1. 121). C.2.40. Peter Heath Collection. 67 images of Radley, 1948-2000, including Railway, College, Church, Church Room, School, School Children, School Events, Pumney Lake, Bowyer Arms, Old Houses, Radley Fetes, etc. Compiled from slides loaned by Peter Heath. (For thumbnail prints, see Photographs, P.1.99). C.2.41. Village Voice - BBC Radio Oxford Programme at Radley, 27th September 1994, with Hedley Feast introducing Anna Howard, who interviews Patrick Drysdale (Wick Hall), Francis Levetus (Chairman of Radley Parish Council), Brian Mott (Editor of Radley News), Eric Blanks (Radley Clerk of the Green Cloth), Christine Usherwood (Churchwarden), Hamish Aird (Radley College), John Homewood (Peach Croft Farm), Olwen Drysdale, (Meals-on-Wheels and National Gardens Scheme), Margaret Morgan (Radley Lunch Club), Doug Rawlinson (Radley Retirement Group), and Jenny Davie (Radley Village Hall Bookings). (Compiled from Audio Tape A.6). 46 mins 27 secs. C.2.42. Radley V.E. Day 50th Anniversary, 9th May 1995. BBC Radio Oxford Programme with Jonathan Hancock interviewing Joan Davies, Doug Rawlinson and Barbara Wootton (Radley Retirement Group), Denis Standen, and Marica Graham (Head Teacher at Radley Primary School). 10 minutes. (Compiled from Audio Tape A.7). (For Photographs of the Radley Exhibition, see P.1.128(iii)). C.2.43. Copy of Slide Show of 25 Aerial Photographs of Radley, August 1943. (For original photograph album, CD and DVD, see P.1.119. For copy of Film DVD, see DVD.12). C. 2.44. The White Horse of Uffington - The Oldest Hill Figure in England. Commentary by Liz Rothschild and David Miles. Gift from Doug Rawlinson 2005. (CD-Rom for downloading and installation on computer). C. 2.45. Web Pages of the Church of St, James the Great, Radley, as created in March 2002. C. 2.46. Copy of all the Documents and Photos etc. in the Charles Dockar-Drysdale Collection – see Books B. 76, Documents D. 182 and Photographs P. 1.157. Compiled and presented by Christine Wootton. C. 2.47. Photographs taken by the Revd. Pam McKellen, Vicar of Radley, (two discs), as follows:- (i) 37 photos of work in progress in the reordering of the inside of Radley Church, October 2008. (ii) 13 photos as above and a further 24 as above and 27 photos of the Nativity Play and Christmas Day service inside the Church, December 2008. C.3. A Tale to Tell Interviews C.3.1. My Acquaintance with G.B.S. - A True Story of a Year and a Day of my Life, by Stanley Baker. Double CD set. C.3.2. The Baker Brothers of Radley, consisting of Ashmore School Pantomime, 1933 by Maurice Baker, Dec. 1994 (21 min 21 sec), and My Experiences as an Archivist by Stanley Baker, Sep. 2000 (20 min 37 sec). C.3.3. My Life as it Happened, by Bill Small. November 2002. C.3.4. Frank Jones. 4th March 2005. (Restricted Use) C.3.5. From Bletchley Park to Radley, by Morfa Pope. 11th April 2005. C.3.6. Life in the Marines, by David Buckle. 4th July 2005. C.3.7. Joint Voices on a Varied Life, by Martin and Sylvia Wilson, 8th July 2005. C.3.8. A Working Life at Harwell, by Bryan Patrick. 13th July 2005. C.3.9. A Clerk's Tale, by Sally Raven, Clerk to the Radley Parish Council. 31st August 2005. C.3.10. The Building of the New Village Hall in Radley, by Alan Clark. 18th October 2005. C.3.11. Radley Primary School, by Radka Benton, Headteacher at the School. 19th October 2005. C.3.12. From Radio to Radley, by Eric and Mary Blanks. 31st October 2005 C.3.13. Eddie and Carol at the Bowyer Arms, by Eddie and Carol Cavanagh. 23rd November 2005. C.3.14. A Lancashire Childhood, by Dot Hewlett. 13th February 2006. C.3.15. Life on Peachcroft Farm, by John Homewood. (Not yet completed] C.3.16. Doug Rawlinson at Home, by Doug Rawlinson. 23rd February 2006. C.3.17. A Policeman's (and his Wife's) Lot, by Brian and Valerie Mott. 24th February 2006. C.3.18. From London to Radley, by Eric and Joy Riley. 13 March 2006. C.3.19. A Very Full and Worthwhile Life, by Tom and Ida Garrud, intervewed by Tony Rogerson 27th June 2006. 62 mins 32 secs. C.3.20. Salad Days in Oxford, by Denis and Jenny Standen, interviewed by Tony Rogerson 18th July 2006. 64 mins 37 secs. C.4. Radley Primary School Project C.4.1. Mary Shayler and her daughter Ann Thorpe interviewed by Tony Rogerson 20 November 2006. 43 mins 24 secs. C.4.2. Radka Benton, Headteacher 1997 - 2007, interviewed by Tony Rogerson, 20 March 2007. C.4.3. Interview of Roger Stephens, Head Teacher at Radley Primary School, 1974 - 1983, and his wife Pat, by Tony Rogerson 19th April 2007. 45 mins 55 secs. C.4.4. Interview of Ray Osborne, Teacher at Radley Primary School 1954 - 1988, by Tony Rogerson, 21st November 2007. 31 mins 5 secs. C.4.5. (i) 23 Photos of the inside and outside of Radley Primary School buildings, 10 July 2007. (ii) Copies of 2 Photos of the School by Packer. (iii) 9 Photos of Schoolchildren and Teachers. C.4.6. Talk given by Hilda ('Sue') Shaw to Radley Primary School Pupils, 26th September 1984.(Double CD set compiled from audio tape belonging to the school). 88 mins approx. C.4.7. 148 images taken by Les Hemsworth at the Exhibition at Radley Primary School on 12th and 13th July 2008. (For thumbnails of these photographs, see P.1.131).

Documents and Pamphlets, DVDs and Maps

Photographs

Section P - Photographs

P.1. Photograph Album containing Photographs P. 1.1-62 as follows:-
P.1.1. Photo taken in 1930s of the former thatched cottage at Church Road/Whites Lane, Radley, on opposite corner to the Church, with a letter to Rosemary Stafford (a member of the History Club) dated 18th Jan 2002 enclosing it. (See also Document D.14).
P.1.2. Colour Photo of Radley Railway Bridge before its replacement in December 1983. (Copy of original).
P.1.3. Colour Photo of the staff and pupils of Radley C.E. Primary School, 2000. (Filed separately).
P.1.4. Transferred to P.1.134.
P.1.5. Radley Church (Tower). June 2000.
P.1.6. Radley Church (Tower & Porch). June 2000.
P.1.7. Radley Church (South & East). June 2000.
P.1.8. Radley Church, Rood Screen. June 2001.
P.1.9. Radley Church Flower Festival 2000 - History Club's Exhibit.
P.1.10. Radley Church Room. September 2002.
P.1.11. Radley Village Hall. September 2002.
P.1.12. Radley Station looking North. June 2000.
P.1.13. Bowyer Arms, front. March 2002.
P.1.14. Bowyer Arms, front. July 2002.
P.1.15. Bowyer Arms, front and north side. July 2002.
P.1.16. Peacock Cottage, Lower Radley. June 2000.
P.1.17. Lower Farm House, Lower Radley. March 2003.
P.1.18. Lower Farm House, Lower Radley. March 2003.
P.1.19. Radley Oak, Radley College. June 2000.
P.1.20. Transferred to P. 1.135.
P.1.21. Transferred to P. 1.135.
P.1.22. Transferred to P. 1.135.
P.1.23. St. James Church, Radley from South East, 1885. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.24. St. James Church, Radley from Station [Church] Road. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.25. St. James Church, Radley from North East. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.26. St. James Church, Radley - Interior, 1890. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.27. St. James Church, Radley - Interior. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.28. St. James Church, Radley - Font. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.29. The Old Rectory [Vicarage]. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.30. Village Post Office (junction of Whites Lane/Church Road). (Taunt Collection).
P.1.31. Spectators at the bridge over the Thames at Sandford-on-Thames watching Radley College rowing races. (Taunt Collection).
P.1.32. Radley School c.1928/9.*
P.1.33. Radley Village Football Club 1905-6.*[
P.1.34. Radley Football Club 1924-25.*
P.1.35. Radley College Staff (n.d.)*
P.1.36. Radley Darby & Joan Club 1961*.
(*Copied from original owned by Mary Shayler).
P.1.37. Norfolk Cottage, Thrupp Lane, Radley (demolished in 1970s).
P.1.38. (i) Dancing bear and handler near Radley Church (n.d.), photographed by Warland Andrew, St Nicholas Studio, Abingdon. Presented by Patricia Groser.
(ii) Dancing bear and handler outside the Wheatsheaf Inn (location unknown). Listed in the Peacock Collection of photos held by Oxfordshire Studies, Westgate Library, Oxford.
P.1.39. Bowyer Arms Darts Team (n.d. ? 1950s). #
P.1.40. Radley Cricket Club (n.d. ? 1950s). #
P.1.41. Radley Football Club, c.1950. #
P.1.42. Baker’s Close, Lower Radley, in 1930s.#
P.1.43. Lower Radley Scene, 1937.#
P.1.44. Horse and Cart of Radley Coal & Coke Merchants (n.d.).#
P.1.45. Wedding Party of George Sylvester of Sugworth Farm. (c.1910).#
P.1.46. Radley Tea Party, Queeen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, 1897.#
P.1.47. Radley Women’s Outing (1) (n.d.).#
P.1.48. Radley Women’s Outing (2) (n.d.).#
P.1.49. Radley Men's Outing (n.d.).#
P.1.50. Radley Fancy Dress Football (? 1953).#
P.1.51. Three Cottages at Lower Radley in 1930s (now Spinneys Cottage)#
# These photographs are copies of the originals owned by Don Mattingley.
P.1.52. Carnival Queen (?1953).^
P.1.53. Sheila ? (later Nutt), Carnival Queen (?1953).^
^These are copied from originals owned by Beryl Buckle.
P.1.54. Excavations at Manor Farm, Bayworth, visited by History Club on 3rd August 2003. (6 images presented by Eric Blanks, a member of the History Club. See also P.1. 128 (ii)).
P.1.55(i) and (ii). Excavations at Manor Farm, Bayworth visited by the History Club on 3rd August 2003. (Two photographs presented by John Homewood, a member of the History Club. See also P.1.128 (ii)).
P.1.56. Bob Godden, of 61 Lower Radley, School Caretaker at Radley School. (n.d.). (Copy of original owned by Beryl Buckle.)
P.1.57. New bungalows at New Road, Radley, c.1950. (Copied from print owned by Brian Ford).
P.1.58. Diesel Fuel Lorry, full of fuel, which tipped off a lowloader at the corner of Whites Lane and the Peachcroft Farm track at about 2.30 pm on 27th August 2003. (Photograph by John Homewood).
P.1.59. 1942 Model Ford Tractor, formerly belonging to George Badcock of Radley, which was bought by Peter King of Home Farm, Radley, at an auction sale at Zouch Farm, Culham, on 6th October 2003 and brought back to Radley. Peter King and Suzanne Calvert-Fisher (daughter of the original owner) are shown in this photograph by John Homewood.
P.1.60. Radley Post Office, c. 1970, "when the Broads were there". (Copy of photo owned by Christine Wootton).
P.1.61 (i - iv). 1940 Pillboxes at and near Collins Farm, Frilford. (For CD of talk by Tony Money on the (Potential) German Invasion, 1940, see C.2.11; for booklet Invasion 1940 see B.26; for extracts from The Old Radleian see D.34).
P.1.62. The Dick Deane Collection (copies of photos loaned by the late Dick Deane of Park Farm House, Radley):-
(i) Radley Football Club, 1911-12.
(ii)Park End, Radley (original Farm House for Park Farm) 1998.
(iii) Ditto
(iv)Park Farm Barn, Radley, 1998.
(v) Ditto
(vi) Ditto
(vii) Park Farm Buildings, Radley, for Ballards Car Sales, 1999.
(viii) Glider forced landing at Park Farm, Radley, 1999.
(ix) Ditto
(x) Ditto
(xi)Ditto
(xii) Radley College Beagles at Park Farm, Radley, 24th November 1999.
(xiii) Ditto
(xiv) Ditto
(xv) Ditto
(xvi)Radley College Beagles at the College, 2000.
(xvii) Old Berks Hunt at Park Farm, Radley, August 2002.
(xviii) Ditto
(xix) The Lake, Radley College, 2003.
(xx) Radley College Chapel, 2003.
xxi) Dining Hall, Radley College, 2003.
(xxii) The Mansion House, Radley College, 2003.
P.1.63 (i) No.6 Lower Radley under construction, 1933, with Old Village Hall in background.
(ii) Coronation Function at Old Village Hall, Lower Radley, 1953.
(iii) Old Village Hall, Lower Radley - Front View. 1974.
(iv) Old Village Hall, Lower Radley - Rear View. 1974.
(Presented by David Lloyd, Chairman of the Village Hall Committee, April 2004).
P. 1.64 The Mick Portsmouth Collection (copies of photos loaned by Mick Portsmouth of 69 Foxborough Road, Radley):-
(i) Radley Station - Abingdon Bunk waiting for stopping train from Didcot or Oxford. 1950s.
(ii) Radley Station in 1950s, with Ganger's Hut (formerly Waiting Room at original station) in background.
(iii) Radley Station in 1950s, with Paraffin Shed in background.
(iv) Radley Station in 1914-1918 War (copied from photo in Great Western Portrait 1913-1921 compiled by Adrian Vaughan. Copyright).
(v) Presentation of Good Friday Walk Cup at Bowyers Arms, Radley (n.d.).
(vi) Radley Home Guard Cricket Team 1940 (copied from illustration in North Berks Herald, 6th August 1940).
(vii) Bowyer Arms Darts and/or Bar Billiards Teams, 1950s.
(viii) Lock Cottage and Bridge at Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, c.1900.
(ix) Part of North Side of Foxborough Road, Radley, recently developed, c.1937.
(x) Ethel Portsmouth at 78 Church Road, Radley (now demolished), c.1936.
(xi) John Portsmouth thatching a cottage in Lower Radley, 1942.
(xii) Radley C. of. E. School Pupils, early 1920s.
P.1.65. Radley Vicarage - copies of photographs selected from a collection owned by the Diocese of Oxford's Buildings Committee, all taken at the time of renovation and building works at the Vicarage in 1990:-
(i)Front view before renovation.
(ii) Front view after renovation.
(iii)[Rear view.
(iv) Building Extension Works at rear.
(v)[ Finished extension at rear.
(vi)[ Re-roofing.
(vii) Showing link to Gore House before the demolition of the link.
(viii) Demolition of link.
(ix) Gore House adjoining Radley Vicarage.
(x) Well at rear of Radley Vicarage.
P.1.66 (i). Copy of aerial photograph of Radley taken in 1943 by John Lloyd flying a Mosquito aeroplane. (Copy presented by David Buckle from original owned by Charles Drysdale.)
(ii). Enlargement of part of the above photograph.
For an Album of Photographs, of which this is one, see P.1.119.
P.1.67. Transferred to P.1.135.
P.1.68 Transferred to P.1.134.
P.1.69. Copy photographs presented by Jean Deller:-
(i) Radley Church, c.1880.
(ii) Radley Church exterior before restoration, c. 1890. Photo by W.J.Vasey, Abingdon-on-Thames.
(iii) Radley Church interior before restoration, c.1890. Photo by W.J. Vasey, Abingdon-on-Thames.
(iv) Bridge from Nuneham House Estate to island opposite the Old Boathouse, with thatched cottage where teas used to be served. c.1920.
(v) Bridge from Nuneham House Estate to island opposite the Old Boathouse, with thatched cottage hidden in the trees. Post 1920.
(vi) 112 Lower Radley, home of Charles Ambridge 1875-1910 and William Charles Deller (grandson of the above) 1956-1983.
P.1.70. Transferred to P.1.132.
P.1.71. Copies of photographs owned by Jill Harpwood:-
(i) Horse Chestnut Tree near Radley Bridge, 1933.
(ii) Radley Village Shop of E.E. Baylis at 87 Foxborough Road. 1960.
P.1.72. Copy of a photograph of a wedding group at a double wedding, c. 1900 (as yet unidentified). Presented by Rita and Brian Ford.
P.1.73. Colour Postcards presented by Eve Fennell:-
(i) The Church of St Nicholas, Abingdon.
(ii) The Market Square, Abingdon.
(iii)[ The Town [County] Hall, Abingdon.
(iv)[The Bridge and River Thames, Abingdon.
(v)The River and St. Helen's, Abingdon.
(vi) The River Thames at Abingdon.
P.1.74. Copy postcards presented by Brian and Rita Ford:-
(i) Bridge from Nuneham House Estate to Island opposite the Old Boat Hoouse, with thatched cottage in the background (sepia print). c.1920.
(ii)View of Cottage and Bridge at Nuneham Estate, from the Radley side. c.1920.
P.1.75. Photograph of picture presented by Radley History Club in December 2000 to Patrick Drysdale, former Chairman of the Club, being his photograph of construction cranes behind St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and his poem about them. May 2002.
P.1.76. Copy of portrait of Admiral Sir George Bowyer, Bart., by G.H. Every (after Sir Joshua Reynolds). (Purchased from National Portrait Gallery.)
P.1.77. Photograph of Portrait of Admiral Sir George Bowyer, owned by Abingdon Town Council.
P.1.78. Photograph of Bottle Display Stall at an unidentifed event. (Presented by Heather Calvert-Fisher).
P.1.79. Copy Photographs from the David and Beryl Buckle Collection, presented by David Buckle:-
(i) “Digging for Victory 1939-40” , showing Ron Bateman, Laurie Haddon, Mr and Mrs Stimpson, and two evacuee boys.
(ii) 48 Lower Radley (Stimpson Family home), June 1949.
(iii)Ernest Villebois with Laurie Haddon at 57 Lower Radley.
(iv)[ Rose Dawson and her dog Snowy at Dawson’s Cottage, Lower Radley.
(v) Bob Godden, School Caretaker, at 61 Lower Radley. (See also P.1.56).
(vi)Ernest Villebois at 57/59 Lower Radley. 30th November 1934.
(vii) 90 Lower Radley and garden in snow. February 1982.
(viii) The Row and Baker’s Close, Lower Radley in snow. February 1982.
(ix) Mattingley’s Bungalow and Garden, and Entrance to Green Lane, Lower Radley, in snow. February 1982.
P.1.80. A selection from the set of 120 colour photographs taken inside and outside of Radley Church by Martin Beek of 46 Lake Street, Oxford, printed from the compact disc filed under C.2.25.
P.1.81. Copy of a photograph of Old Radley Orchard, Lower Radley, taken in about 1934, with two grand elm trees at the entrance. Presented by Jill Harpwood.
P.1.82 (i – xxiv)). Copies of 24 black and white Photographs, mainly of Radley Church and Vicarage, in 1899 and early 1900s, including snow scenes and pictures of the Church being repaired in 1902. Copied and enlarged from an Album in the Church archives, loaned to the Club by Denis Standen, Churchwarden.
P.1.83. Photo of Radley Village School pupils, staff, etc., 1890s. copied from original in Radley Church archives, loaned by Denis Standen, Churchwarden.
P.1.84. Transferred to P. 1.134.
P.1.85. Colour photo of Walnut Tree Cottage, Lower Radley, being re-thatched, 5 April 2006. (Taken by Brian Ford).
P.1.86. Colour photo of Rainwater Drainage Tunnel at Radley College, 5 April 2006. (Taken by Brian Ford).
P.1.87. (i) and (ii). Two colour photos of the Archaeological Excavations at Barrow Hills, Radley, 1985. Presented by Barbara Hook, July 2006.
P.1.88 (i – ix). Nine colour photos taken at the Radley History Club’s Evening at Thrupp, July 2006. Presented by Patrick Drysdale, July 2006.
P.1.89 (i – xxiii). Copies of 23 colour photos of railway scenes at Radley, including the re-building of the road bridge over the railway in 1983 and the recovery of a derailed locomotive in 1982.
Copied from original photos loaned by Barbara Hook, September 2006.
P.1.90. Photographs presented by Dick Frearson, as follows:-
(i) Dick and his father at Lower Farm, Lower Radley, early 1930s.
(ii) Dick at Lower Farm in late 1920s.
(iii)Molly and Peter Frearson (Dick’s brother and sister) in 1940s.
P.1.91. Two Photographs presented by Mrs. Janet Woollett as follows:-
(i) Dwellings at 75 Foxborough Road, Radley, comprising 2 semi-detached Cottages known as Nuneham View and East View. 1940s.
(ii)A painting of Wick Hall Lodge (or Olive Cottage), painted by Olive Wickison (the donor’s aunt). 1952.
P.1.92. Photograph of Radley C. of E. School, with Pond and Cattle in foreground. c.1950. Presented by Jeff Henley.
P.1.93 (i) and (ii). Copies of two black and white Photographs of Miss Florence Middleton’s retirement as a teacher at Radley C. of E. Primary School on 15th July 1971. (Copied from originals loaned by Freda Faulkner. For Oxford Mail article, see Documents D.173).
P.1.94. Colour photoof Wick Hall Lodge, prior to new building works, September 2006. Presented by Brian Ford.
P.1.95. Photograph of staff and pupils at Radley C. of E. Primary School, taken outside the School. (c.1915 ?). Presented by Mr M.J. Portsmouth.
P.1.96. Copy Photographs presented by Mr and Mrs P. Neal, as follows:-
(i) Gladys and Rosa Dunsdon outside Bakery Cottage, Lower Radley, c.1924, with family friend who helped at the Stores after the death of Frederick Dunsdon in about 1918.
(ii) Radley Stores and Cottage, Lower Radley, Proprietors Frederick and Charles Dunsdon, c.1921.
(iii) Radley Stores and Cottage, c.1921, with Rosa Freda Dundson, daughter of Frederick and Rose Emma Dunsdon, who was born there in 1915.
(iv) Delivery ticket dated 14th June 1920 issued to Mrs. Walker by Dunsdon Bros., Grocers, Bakers and Corn Dealers, Coal, Coke and Oil Factors, Cartage Contractors, of Radley and Kennington, for delivery of a coal load. Also a note by Rosa Freda Dunsdon to Pam Neal (one of the donors of these copy photographs) about the Dunsdon Family and their businesses at Lower Radley and Kennington.
P.1.97 (i) and (ii). Two photographs taken at the Longworth and District History Society’s Exhibition on 23 September 2006 at which the Radley History Club had a stand. (Presented by Brian and Rita Ford).
P.1.98. Print of a Colour Photograph taken by Madeleine Savage at the Radley History Club’s “Evening at Thrupp” meeting in July 2006. (Presented by Miss Savage).
P.1.99 (1-67). 67 Thumbnail prints taken from Peter Heath’s collection of slides of Radley scenes, including Radley Primary School “May Fayre” (1978. 1980, 1981 and 1983), Radley Village Fete (1981 and 1983), Station Car Park re-surfacing (2002), Houses at Lower Radley and The Bowyer Arms (late 1970s), Radley Station (1948, 1950 and 1986), Radley Snow Scenes (1981), Sailing at Radley Gravel Pits, near Pumney (late 1970s). Also some full-size prints. (For CD of these photos see Compact Discs, C.2.40).
P.1.100. Photographs presented by Brian Ford, as follows:-
(i) Radley Church Choir singing Carols at Wick Hall, December 2006.
(ii) Entrance to Shaws Copse Road, Lower Radley, showing two Gateposts made from the former broad gauge railway line.
(iii)Great Western Railway Co.’s Boundary Plaque, 1900, sited by the entrance to the Lower Radley Mobile Home site.
P.1.101 (i) and (ii). Two photographs of bricks uncovered by John Homewood and others when planting trees at the Church Road Car Park, Radley, December 2006.
P.1.102. Photograph of a group of Radley Retirement Group Members at their Turkey and Tinsel Holiday at Cromer, November 2006. (Copied from print loaned by Barbara Hook of the photograph taken by Eric Blanks.)
P.1.103. Photographs presented by Brian Ford, as follows:-
(i)Wooden plaque at the west end of Radley Church, listing "Those from Radley who served in the Great War 1914 – 1918”. (About 64 names. A black and white photo, partly illegible, is also filed here).
(ii)Plaque at the west end of Radley Church, listing the Incumbents of Radley from c.1606 to 2004, being the plaque presented to the Church by the Radley History Club.
(iii)Two photographs of framed pictures at the west end of Radley Church of 17 Vicars of Radley.
P.1.104 (1-200). Thumbnail prints of 200 colour photos taken by Les Hemsworth of Radley Church (interior and exterior), churchyard and pond, printed from a CD presented by the author, March 2007. (For the compact disc see CDs, Cat. Ref. C.2.34).
P.1.105 (i-v). Prints of five black and white photographs of John Jones, Station Master at Radley 1927-45, his wife and children Donald, Gilbert and Jessie outside Station House, Radley, c.1942. (Copied from the original photos lent by Don Jones, March 2007).
P.1.106. Copy of photo of Park Farm Byre, Radley, for sale by tender by Thomas Merrifield, Surveyors, Auctioneers and Estate Agents, on 16 March 2007 at a guide price of £300,000. (Presented by Brian Ford).
P.1.107. Three copy photographs of members of the Frearson Family, as follows:-
(i) Bert Frearson, c. 1915.
(ii) Agnes Frearson, nee Walker, c.1920.
(iii) Bert, Agnes, Dick, Molly and Peter Frearson, early 1950s.
(Presented by John P. H. Frearson, March 2007).
P.1.108. Radley Church Bellringers, May 2007. Photo presented by Daphne Pollard, Radley Tower Captain.
P.1.109 Copy photographs taken from originals owned by Maureen Holland of Radley, as follows:-
(i) Radley Primary School Athletics Team 1957.
(ii) Radley Primary School pupils, photographed outside the school.
(iii) Group of schoolgirls and teacher (no date or location).
(iv) Coronation Day procession of Radley schoolchildren and others, 12th May 1937.
P.1.110. Radley Good Friday Walks, as follows:-
(i) 2003 – 2 photos. (ii) 2004 – 2 photos. (iii) 2005 – 3 photos. 2007 – 16 photos.
P.1.111 Copy photos and documents from originals lent by Brenda Thomas of Radley, as follows:-
(i) Photo of Mr B. Thomas, Brenda’s father-in-law.
(ii) Photo of children and a schoolmistress in a classroom.
(iii) Brenda dressed as a chimney sweep, winner of fancy dress parade at Radley Fete, June 2003.
(iv) Brenda at start of Radley Good Friday Walk.
(v) Radley Brownies 1961.
(vi) Copy newspaper cutting of the award of the MBE to Marie Cross, Radley Bell Tower Captain. (See also Document D.112 (ii)).
(vii)Four ohotos of Marie Cross at various bellringing locations.
P.1.112. Aerial photo of the western end of Sugworth Lane, Radley. 1974. (Copied from the original loaned by Judith Bland, June 2007.)
P.1.113. Enlarged photo of Walter Turner in Radley Station Signal Box, 1950s. Presented by
Doris Turner, May 2007.
P.1.114. Copy of photograph of Radley Church, 1883, taken from framed photo in the Church records. September 2007.
P.1.115. Copy photographs from Beryl Buckle’s collection, as follows:-
(i) Wedding group of Fred and Evelyn Stimpson (Villebois), with father Ernest Villebois, best man Jack Stimpson and bridesmaids Ellen Stimpson (later Jeacock), Hilda Gibbons (later James).
(ii) Group pictue of Sid Alexander, Bernard May and Mr. Haynes, with horse and waggon.
(iii) Group photograph of Albert Bennett, Joe Cato, Fred Pitter, Frank Pitter, 2 November 1935.
(iv) Bridge with fish killed after pollution of the Thames from Sandford Mill. c. 1935.
Presented by Beryl Buckle, August 2007.
P.1.116. Copy of photograph of Radley Cricket Team, c.1950. Presented by Jeff Grimes. May 2007.
P.1.117. Two photographs of the Plaque on the pillar of one of the gates leading into the Memorial Field, Kennington. Taken and presented by Les Hemsworth, August 2007. (For Booklet about the Memorial Field, see Books B. 72 (iii).
P.1.118. List of photographs and documents relating to Alderman Albert Ernest Tombs, O.B.E., J.P., of Fairfield House, Radley, formerly Mayor of Abingdon. For the photos and documents on the List, see Section D – Documents, Cat. Ref. D. 122 (i) – (xviii).
P.1.119. Album of 25 aerial photographs of Radley taken on 24th and 25th August 1943 by Squadron Leader Johnny Lloyd from a De Havilland Mosquito Aeroplane which had been converted for photo-reconnaissance work. The album bears the legend “Radley History Club” on the front cover and includes pictures of the Station Badge of RAF Benson and of a Mosquito Aeroplane, together with an Introduction to the collection by Charles Dockar Drysdale and an Index to and description of the individual images and their location. Also includes at the back of the album a Slide Show CD and a Film DVD. Presented by Charles Dockar Drysdale, January 2008. (For copies of the Slide Show CD and Film DVD, see C.2.43 and DVD.12.)
P.1.120. Copy of a postcard, the front being a photo of a lady, and the reverse of the card being endorsed “Florrie Allsop, Radley Vicarage”. Probably early 1900s. Presented by Brian and Rita Ford, February 2008.
P.1.121. Thumbnail prints of 62 photographs copied from slides loaned by Doug Rawlinson, featuring Radley Primary School Pupils and School Events, 1978 – 2006; also Radley Pensioners’ Association and Radley Retirement Group, 1989 – 2006. (For CD of these photos see Compact Discs, ref. C.2.39).
P.1.122. Photographs from the Faulkner Collection, presented by Freda Faulkner of Radley, January 2008:-
(i) Six colour photos of the hot air balloon which landed at Radley Primary School playing field on 11th April 2004.
(ii) Seven colour photos of tree felling at Radley Village Hall and Sports Field, and two colour photos of new double-glazed windows at the Village Hall. 9th November 2007.
P.1.123. Colour photograph of Radley Village Shop Volunteers at Baker’s Close, Radley, October 2007.
P.1.124
(1) Local history postcards published by Oxfordshire County Council Libraries – Set 6, Oxford University (part set only) comprising (i) Encaenia Procession outside Balliol College 1904, (ii) Encaenia Procession outside Oriel College 1899, (iii) New College Barge, Eights Week, c. 1902 and (iv) Christ Church from St. Aldates, c. 1890.
(2) Three photographs of floods at Oxford 1894, comprising (i) Botley Road (ii) Abingdon Road (iii) Abingdon Road near Fox and Hounds Inn.
(3) Steam lorry crash at Abingdon Road, Oxford, early 1900s.
(4) Queen Street from Carfax, Oxford, 1910.
(5)(i) and (ii) Two postcards of The Plough, Wheatley Bridge
(Presented by Dennis Tyler, 2005).
P.1.125 (i) and (ii). Two photographs of the gravestone in Radley Old Churchyard in memory of Sir George H. Bowyer, Baronet of Radley and Denham, who died September 25th 1950 aged 80. Presented by Brian Ford.
P.1.126. Black and white aerial photograph of the centre and southern part of Abingdon (not dated). Presented by Dennis Tyler, 2005.
P.1.127. Photograph by Stanley Baker of the Plaque above the Stonhouse Memorial in Radley Church, together with a transcript by him of the Latin text, and a translation.
P.1.128. Photographs presented by Eric and Mary Blanks, as follows:-
(i) Photo of Radley Retirement Group members on a vist to SS. Great Britain at Bristol, October 1991.
(ii) Three photos of excavations by the Abingdon Archaeological and Historical Society at Manor Farm, Bayworth, visited by members of the Radley History Club on 12 August 2003. (See also P.1.54 and P.1.55).
(iii) 19 photos of the Exhibition held in Radley Village Hall on 9th May 1998 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of V.E. Day (For BBC Radio Oxford programme, see Audio Tape A.7 and Compact Disc C.2.42).
P.1.129 (i) Copy photograph of Soldiers of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1914, including John (Jack) Portsmouth of Peachcroft Farm, Radley.
(ii) Copy photograph of John (Jack) Portsmouth in uniform, with a horse, c.1914.
(iii) Copy of both sides of a postcard, c.1918, written by John (Jack) Portsmouth to his wife at Peachcroft Farm, Radley, and dropped by him, weighted with a stone, at Radley Station on his by train from Southampton to Liverpool; found by a porter at Radley Station and delivered to Mrs. Portsmouth. (The text has been enhanced on this copy to make it legible.). These copies have been made from the originals lent by Mr. M.J. Portsmouth, May 2008.
P.1.130 (i) - (vii). Seven black and white Photographs of Radley Bells (not dated).
(viii) Colour photo of Radley Bellringers in Radley Church Tower, with Tower Captain, Marie Cross (c. 1980).
These photographs are copies of originals in Daphne Pollard's collection of items relating to Radley Bells and Bellringers - see Documents D.137.
P.1.131. Thumbnails of 148 images taken by Les Hemsworth at the Radley Primary School Exhibition on 12th and 13th July 2008. Taken from Compact Disc C.4.7.
P.1.132. Copy of aerial photograph of Radley, c. 1970. Presented by Patricia Groser, 2002.(Also second copy).
P.1.133. Three photographs by John Huddleston (and given by him) of the display mounted by Joyce Huddleston and Christine Wootton at Abingdon Library, publicising the Radley History Club’s Exhibition at Radley Primary School on 12th and 13th July 2008.
P.1.134. Photographs of Radley History Club Committee Members, as follows:-
(i) July 2002 (transferred from P.1.4).
(ii) July 2003 (transferred from P.1.37).
(iii) July 2004 (Committee) and (iv) July 2004 (Officers) (transferred from P.1.68).
(v) July 2005.
(vi) July 2006 (transferred from P.1.84). Taken by Brian Ford.
(vii) July 2008. Taken by Brian Ford.
P.1.135. Radley Fetes Photographs, as follows:-
(i) 2000 – 2 images
(ii) 2001 – 6 images
(iii) 2002 – 3 images
(iv) 2003 – 12 images
(v) 2004 – 4 images
(vi) 2005 – 10 images
(vii) 2008 – 5 images
P.1.136. The Sealed Knot. Five photographs of members of the Sealed Knot in Civil War uniforms taken at the meeting of the Radley History Club on 10th June 2003.
P.1.137. Four photographs taken at the Radley History Club’s Christmas Supper at the Bowyer Arms, Radley, December 2004.
P.1.138 (i) and (ii). Copy photograph of members of the Dockar-Drysdale family with their tenant farmers, taken at Wick Hall in the 1920s. (Presented by Brian Ford, June 2005). Also a copy with names (so far as they are known) added.
P.1.139. Photograph of Peter and Mary Minns of Lower Radley, c. 1900, taken by W.J. Vasey, Photographer, Abingdon.
P.1.140. Palm Sunday Procession from Radley Village Hall to Radley Church, 20 March 2005. 8 photos.
P.1.141.Family photographs mainly of the Mattingley, Dunsdon and Weston families of Radley, presented by Ray Jenkins of Abingdon. Each photo has identifications and genealogical notes in pencil on the back and there is a separate page of notes at the end of the collection. The photos are as follows:-
(i) Thomas Mattingley of Radley, aged 22, c.1890.
(ii) Susan Jane Weston, aged 21, c.1890.
(iii) Jessie Hill, aged 14½, c.1911; also Sylvia Smewin, aged c. 9 years and Bertha Annie May Mattingley, aged c. 10 years.
(iv) Edwin Norman (Ted) Mattingley, aged 19, c. 1912.
(v) Thomas and Susan Jane Mattingley (nee Weston, c. 1915.
(vi) Group photograph, c.1915, comprising Edwin Norman (Ted) Mattingley and Thomas Walter (Tom) Mattingley (both in Army Uniform) and Bertha Annie May (Dolly) Mattingley and Elizabeth Evelyn (Bessie) Mattingley.
(vii) Wedding group 18th May 1929 at wedding of Stanley George Dunsdon and Bertha Annie May Mattingley at Radley, with bride and groom, Mercy Dunsdon, Daniel Mattingley, Thomas Mattingley, Elizabeth (Bessie) Mattingley, and children Donald Mattingley, Roy Mattingley and Muriel Dunsdon. Photo taken outside old ‘Hovels’ next to 35 (now 115) Lower Radley.
(viii) Group photograph, c.1931, taken at Rose Cottage Terrace, Lower Radley, outside No. 35, comprising Thomas Mattingley (Senior), Jack Mattingley, Vic Mattingley, Lil Mattingley, Fred Mattingley, Roger Mattingley, Stan Dunsdon, Stuart Weston, and children Don Mattingley, Beryl Mattingley, Ted Weston, Mercia Dunsdon, Joyce Weston, and others unidentified.
(ix) Family gathering at rear of Norfolk Cottage, Radley, c.1932, comprising Lil and Fred Mattingley, Stan Dunsdon, Roger Mattingley, Bessie Mattingley, Violet Mattingley, Jack Mattingley, Joe and Maggie Heridge, May Mattingley, Norah Smith, Norman Heridge, Bertha Dunsdon, and children Don Mattingley, Roy Mattingley, Mercia Dunsdon, Peggie Heridge, Joyce Weston, and others unidentified.
(x) Rose Cottage Terrace (Rear), Lower Radley, c.1933, showing Bertha Dunsdon and Mercia Dunsdon (aged c.4 years), Elsie Tubb and Hazel Tubb.
(xi) Horse and Cart transport about to leave Baker’s Close, Lower Radley to go to fete at Wick Hall, c.1934, showing Oliver Smith, Mercia Dunsdon, Bertha Dunsdon, Stanley Dunsdon, Bessie Mattingley, Norah Smith (later Mayall), Vic Mattingley, and Donald Mattingley.
(xii) Group of children outside Baker’s Close, Lower Radley, c.1935, showing Mercia Dunsdon, Hazel Tubb, June Weston, Joyce Weston, Ted Weston, and Leslie Grimes, with Lower Farm and haystack in background.
(xiii) Thomas Mattingley outside 115 (formerly 35) Lower Radley, c.1940.
(xiv) Stanley (Stan) George Dunsdon, carrying water from the well serving former Rose Cottage Terrace, Lower Radley, c.1950.
(xv) Angela Evelyn Dunsdon, aged c.6 years, outside the ‘Hovels’ next to 115 Lower Radley, with dog, c.1951.
(xvi) Wedding group at wedding of Mercia Cynthia Jane Dunsdon to Percy Jenkins of 18 Lombard Street, Abingdon, at Radley Church on 7th March 1953, showing Bill Jenkins, Annie May and Percy Jenkins, Bride and Bridegroom, Audrey Mattingley, Stanley and Bertha Dunsdon, and Angela Dunsdon.
(xvii) List of the above photographs by the donor, with notes and genealogical information about each.
P.1.142. Photographs of William Turner pictures, as follows:-
(i) The River Thames at Abingdon (two copies), with explanatory text.
(ii) Thames river scene, with explanatory text.
(iii) Thames river scene (?).
(Presented by Dennis Tyler, 2005).
P.1.143. Seven photographs of Wick Hall, buildings and grounds, Radley, 2001.
P.1.144. Radley photographs purchased from Oxfordshire Studies, 2006. They are not dated but were probably taken in the 1930-1950 period, except where otherwise stated. They are the copyright of Oxfordshire County Council, whose image numbers are given in brackets, as follows:-
(i) Radley Church, from south west, c. 1950 (P/8515).
(ii) Radley Church, from south across the pond, c.1930 (P/8531).
(iii) Radley Church, from south across the pond, closer view, c.1930 (P/8514).
(iv) Radley Church, from south across the pond, closer view, c.1930 (OCL 19830)
(v) Radley Church with pond and ducks in foreground, c.1900 (OCL 81/2000).
(vi) Radley Church, from south, with people outside, and front of Smithy, c. 1900 (OCL 6997).
(vii) Radley Church, from south, c. 1900 (OCL 79/9340).
(viii) Radley Church interior, looking east (P/8516).
(ix) Radley Church interior, looking east (P/8517).
(x) Radley Church Choir Stall (P/8519).
(xi) Radley Church Pulpit and Canopy (P/8518).
(xii) Radley Vicarage from east (P/8520).
(xiii) Radley Vicarage, rear view, with link to Gore House (OCL 81/1985).
(xiv) Radley C. of E. School (P/8532)
(xv) Pair of Cottages 57 and 59 Lower Radley (P/8521).
(xvi) As (xv) but different view (OCL 19818).
(xvii) Cottage (?44) Lower Radley (since demolished) in foreground and 2 cottages (?36 and 38) Lower Radley in background (OCL 19819).
(xviii) Pair of cottages at junction of Church Road and Whites Lane, the southerly one of which was formerly the Post Office (demolished for road improvement in 1950s) (OCL 19823).
(xix) Pair of cottages 48 and 46 Lower Radley (OCL 19822).
(xx) Neat Home Farm, Lower Radley (OCL 19826).
(xxi) Pair of cottages, 57 and 59 Lower Radley (OCL 82/1396).
(xxii) Pair of cottages (later combined and called Peacock Cottage) at Lower Radley (OCL 19824).
(xxiii) Similar to (xxii) above (P/8535).
(xxiv) Three cottages (now combined and called Spinneys Cottage), Lower Radley (P/8534).
(xxv) Pair of cottages (now demolished) on site of modern house 35 Lower Radley, with Neat Home Farm in background (OCL 19821).
(xxvi) Spinneys Cottage (on left) and pair of Cottages 46 and 48 Lower Radley (on right), with two children in road (OCL 19827).
(xxvii) Rear of Rose Cottage Terrace, Nos. 115, 113, 111,109, 107 and 105 Lower Radley (for further details, see P.1.141 (viii)) (OCL 19817).
(xxviii) The Bowyer Arms Public House (P/8530).
(xxix) Baylis’s Stores at 87 Foxborough Road, Radley and adjoining bungalows 89 to 97 Foxborough Road (P/8525).
(xxx) Bungalows on north side of Foxborough Road, Radley (OCL 19825).
(xxxi) Bungalows on north side of Foxborough Road, Radley (P/8524).
(xxxii) Bungalows on north side of Foxborough Road, Radley (P/8522).
(xxxiii) Bungalows 77, 79, 81 and 83 Foxborough Road, Radley (P.8526).
(xxxiv) House and bungalows 59 – 69 (odd numbers) Foxborough Road, Radley, c.1937, before St James Terrace was built (P.8533).
(xxxv) Bungalows in New Road, Radley (P/8527).
(xxxvi) Council houses on west side of Church Road, Radley (OCL 19820).
(xxxvii) Radley Station, looking south, in snow, 1950s (OCL 76/2546).
(xxxviii) Radley Station looking north, 1950s (OCL 79/7854).
(xxxix) Radley Station looking south, 1950s (OCL 76/2544).
(xl) Locomotive No. 220 at Radley Station, with crew and railway staff (OCL 80/13764).
(xli) Two railway employees (OCL 80/13765).
(xlii) The River Thames at Radley (P/8523).
(xliii) The River Thames at Radley, with small rowing boat in foreground, two people on the bank and Nuneham House in the background (P/8528).
(xliv) The River Thames at Radley (P/8529).
(xlv) The River Thames at Radley near the Old Boathouse, with Nuneham House in the background (P/8536).
(xlvi) Notes supplied by Beryl Buckle and Don Mattingley, 2006, about some of the above properties.
P.1.145. Photographs presented by Derek Hart, Pebble Hill, Radley, 2004, as follows:-
(i) Radley College from the air (Radley College postcard, c.1950).
(ii) Framed photograph of members of the Radley Rockets Cycle Speedway Club at Thrupp Lane, c.1950. (Extra copies, list of names, and information about the Club also filed here, together with an extract from Drayton St Leonard – Our Village relating to that village’s cycle speedway club, and a copy of an article in the Abingdon Herald dated April 27th 2006 about Brian Shirley of Radley, who was a member of the Radley Club.).
(iii)Photo of the inside of Radley College Laundry, c.1950, together with a note describing the contents of the photo and other information.
(iv)(a) and (b) Two ohotos of machinery in Radley College Steam Laundry, c.1950 (also enlarged copies).
(c) Negative (not printed out) of Radley College Laundry staff, c.1950.
P.1.146 (i) – (iii). Three images of floods in Abingdon, June 2007.
P.1.147. Dorothy Urania Long (née Denton) outside No. 1 Council Houses, Radley. Copied from original belonging to Mrs. Long.
P. 1.148(i) – (iii). Three Colour Photographs of Mr. John Homewood, Chairman of the Radley History Club, presenting to the Revd. Pam McKellen, Vicar of Radley, a Plaque listing the names of the Incumbents of Radley Church from 1606 to the present day, 9th October 2005. (For DVD of the Presentation, see DVD. 13).
P. 1.149 (i) and (ii). Two aerial Photographs of the north-west part of Radley, showing the Church and Radley College areas, taken by RAF Abingdon, November 1976. Presented by Mr. Doug Rawlinson.
P. 1.150. Copy Photographs presented by Mr. Doug Rawlinson, as follows:-
(i) Hilda (“Sue”) Shaw, editor of Radley News for 25 years, c.1984. (Colour print).
(ii) Radley Parish Council Members, September 1999. (Colour print).
(iii) Radley Retirement Group Committee 1992, with the Certificate of Merit received as second prize in the Village Venture Competition run by the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council. (Colour print).
(iv) Another Group Photo of the event in (iii) above (Black and white).
(v) Radley Children and Parents at V.J. Day Party, 1945. (Black and white).
(vi) Radley Children and Adults dressed up for Empire Day Pageant (not dated).(Black and white).
(vii) Radley Group at Empire Day Pageant at Radley College (not dated). (Black and white).
(viii) Further Group of Adults and Children at Empire Day Pageant at Radley College (not dated). (Black and white).
(ix)(a) and (b).Two Photographs of Groups of Radley W.I. Members in Fancy Dress (not dated). (Black and white).
(x) Start of Radley Good Friday Walk (not dated). (Colour print).
(xi) Photograph (damaged) of Radley Primary School Children and Teachers, c. 1931, taken by Scholastic Souvenir Co. Ltd., Blackpool. (Sepia print. Also paper copy).
(xii) House at Lower Radley (Colour print, to be identified).
(xiii)Radley School House and parts of School, Church and Vicarage, taken across the Pond (not dated). (Black and white).
(xiv) The Bowyer Arms Pub Sign erected by owners Greene King showing an incorrect Bowyer Shield and later replaced. (Colour photograph)
(xv) The Bowyer Arms Pub Sign, as corrected, October 2001. (Colour photograph).
P. 1.151 (i) and (ii). Two Photographs of Excavated Graves at Barrow Hills, Radley, Summer 1984. (Sepia prints, donated by Mrs. Eccles 1997).
P. 1.152(i) and (ii). Two Photographs of Radley Primary School Children and Staff outside the old Village Shops, 1990s.
P. 1.153 (i) and (ii). Two Photographs of the Radley Lunch Club’s Christmas Lunch in the Church Room, 1980s. (Colour photographs copied from the originals owned by Mr. Eric Blanks).
P.1.154. Copies of Colour Photographs taken by Mr. John Huddleston
and displayed at Abingdon Library to advertise the Radley History Club’s
Exhibition of the History of Radley Primary School on 12th and 13th July
2008, as follows:-
(i) Radley Church (taken October 2000).
(ii) School House, taken from the Churchyard (taken March 2004).
(iii) School and Old School Building (taken March 2004).
(iv)Old School Building adjoining the School House (taken March 2004).
(v)Classrooms in the main School Building (taken October 2000).
(vi) School Hall and former Kitchen (taken March 2004).
(vii) Canteen built in the late 1940s,due to be demolished (taken March 2004)..
(Also List of the above).
P. 1.155(i) Sixty-three Colour Photographs (thumbnails) of the inside of Radley Church taken by the Vicar, Revd Pam McKellen, during the reordering of the Church in 2008-2009.
(ii) Fifteen Colour Photographs of services at Christmas 2008 in the reordered Church.
These photographs have been taken from 2 DVDs presented to the Club by the Vicar, January 2009. For the DVDs, see Cat. Ref. DVD ----- (not yet catalogued)
P.1.156 (i) and (ii). Two colour photographs of the Palm Sunday Procession in Selwyn Crescent, Radley. April 2009. (Taken and presented by Stanley Baker).
P.1.157. Photographs, being part of a Collection of documents, photographs etc. presented by Mr Charles Dockar- Drysdale, March 2009, the remainder of the collection being filed under the Books Section, B. 76, and the Documents Section, D. 182. See also Compact Disc D. 2.46. The photos are as follows:-
(i) Large mounted photographs of the May Day celebration in Lower Radley, 1894. as follows:-
(a) Photograph of the maypole and crowd, dated in pencil on the back 1st May 1894.
(b) A different scene.
(c) A diferent scene.
(d) A different scene.
(e) People at the celebrations, including babies and prams
(small mounted photograph).
(f) The Radley Band.
(g) The Tea Tent.
(h) The Tea Tent, a closer view.
(ii) Mounted photographs of the May Day Celebrations1914 at Lower Radley, as follows – .
(a) The Procession. (2 copies, also an mountedcopy.Photo by W.J. Vasey of Abingdon)
(b) The May Queen and girl attendants. 2 copies. (Photo by W.J. Vasey of Abingdon).
(c) Ditto (closer picture). (Photo by W.J. Vasey of Abingdon).
(d) Another View of the May Queen and her attendants. 2 copies. (Photo by W.J. Vasey of Abingdon).
(e) Mr and Mrs Peter Minns of Lower Radley at the celebrations.
(f) Children having tea and cakes in the tea tent (unmounted print).
(g) Maypole dancing (unmounted print).
(h) Ditto (different scene, unmounted print)
(i) Ditto (different scene, large unmounted print).
(j) Ditto (different scene, large unmounted print).
(k) People at the celebrations (large unmounted print).
(l) Ditto, a different scene (large unmounted print).

iii) Large mounted photo of a room (? at Wick Hall). The photo has been damaged by having another photo stuck on top.
(iv) Mounted photo of Radley School children and staff, by Henry W. Taunt & Co., Oxford, late 1890s.
(v) Mounted photo of Radley Cricket Team, photographed by W.J. Vasey, Abingdon-on-Thames, early 1900s.
(vi) Radley Village Football Club 1910-11, winners of the North Berks League, with names of the players, and W. D. Drysdale, Esq., J.P., President and Ll. Taylor, Secretary.
(vii) File of 10 Coloured Aerial Photographs of Radley, Radley College, Kennington (part), Peachcroft, Audlett Drive etc., scanned from Google Earth, 2009

Section V - Video Tapes

V.1. Royal Glimpses. Made to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Radley College. Filmed between 1995 and 1997, and featuring the Royal Visit on Thursday 27th November 1997.
V.2. Radley at Christmas 1998. Carol Service at Radley College Saturday 12th December; Carol Service at Radley College Sunday 13th December; College Concert on Sunday 13th December.
V.3. Three Little Pigs. Radley Women's Institute Pantomime, December 1990. (68 minutes).
V.4. Investitures of Clerks of the Green Cloth - Ron Woodley on 25th September 1986 and Eric Blanks on 16th September 1990. (29 minutes).
V.5. Tour of Radley (8 minutes) and Church Service, compiled to send to Revd. Dan Pope (formerly Vicar of Radley) at St Andrews, Kyrenia, Cyprus, as a memento of Radley. c.1988. (Total time approx 90 minutes).
(All the above videos have been copied from tapes owned by Doug Rawlinson.).
V.6. Historical tour of Lower Radley devised and led by Rita Ford, 13th July 2005.
(For DVD compiled from the video, see DVD.1)
V.7. Induction of Keith Kinnaird as Vicar of Radley, November 1988. Presented by Malcolm Grieve.
V.8 Investiture of Chris Gasson as Radley Clerk of the Green Cloth by Angus McPhail, Warden of Radley College, 8th October 2006. (For DVD of this ceremony, see DVD.6 and for Compact Disc see C.2.31).

M - Maps

M.1. Copy of Map of Oxford - Ecclesiastical and Academical AD 1440 (Presented by Mrs Margaret Lovell).
M.2. Map showing boundaries of the ecclesiatical parish of Radley as at June 2003.
M.3. Copy of map in 1983/4 edition of Abingdon Who's Who,showing Abingdon boundary extension and area taken from Radley.
M.4. Map of Radley Parish boundaries as at 1992, compiled from Ordnance Survey Pathfinder Map, 1/25000.
M.5. Extract from 1" Ordnance Survey Map, 1830, of the Radley Area (railways were added to the map in October 1891).
M.6. Ordnance Survey Map of Radley, 1938. Scale 1:10,560 (reduced).
M.7. Map referred to in the Sale Catalogue of the Radley Hall Estate, 2nd July 1889. (Tracing of the original map, presented by Mrs Patricia Groser, together with a print taken from the tracing).
M.8. 25" Ordnance Survey Maps presented by Mr Dennis Tyler:-
(i)Sheet Berks VI.15, Revision of 1936, showing Sugworth Lane area of Radley.
(ii) Sheet SP5000-5100, 1970, showing Sugworth Lane area of Radley.
M.9. Map of property in Sugworth Lane, Radley, copied from map attached to an Abstract of Title dated 3rd December 1900. Presented by Mr Stephen King of Field House, Sugworth Lane, Radley.
M.10 (i). Map of Radley Parish Boundaries marked on 6” Ordnance Survey Maps 1910 and 1922, showing the boundary before the creation of Kennington as a separate parish in 1936. Also a spare set of unmarked maps.
(ii). Map of Radley Parish Boundaries as above, on a reduced scale.
M.11 (i). Copy of the Kennington Enclosure Map 1803.
(ii). Copy of the Kennington Tithe Map 1862.
(iii). Copy of Kennington Estate Sale Plan 1913. (These three maps have been printed from a compact disc copied from a CD owned by Mr Roger Gelder).
M.12. Map (modern O.S.) on which has been drawn the boundaries of the Parish of Kennington as created in 1936 out of Radley and South Hinksey. (Presented by Mr G. Ross, Chairman of Kennington History Society).
M.13. Copy of Kennington Village Map, included in the Kennington Village Plan published by Kennington Parish Council in 1972. (presented by Mr Robert Sephton).
M.14. Maps presented by Mrs Jennie Deane as follows:-
(i) 25” Ordnance Survey Map, Revision of 1936, Sheet No. Berkshire VI.11, Oxfordshire Sheet No. XXXIX. 11 (Bagley Wood and Kennington).
(ii) 25” Ordnance Survey Map, 1933 Edition, Sheet No. Berkshire X.4, Oxfordshire XLV.4 (Lower Radley, Nuneham Park etc.).
(iii) 25” Ordnance Survey Map, 1933 Edition, Sheet No. Berkshire X.7, Oxfordshire XLV.7 (Wick Hall, Thrupp etc.).
(iv) Map entitled Wick Hall Estate Limited, Lower, Pumney and Neat Home Farms, Radley, with an endorsement by John Thornton, Franklin and Jones, Frewin Court, Oxford. Scale 1:2500. Dated 1.10. 03. Mauve edging to fields. (Based on 25” O.S. Map).
(v) Map showing Park Farm and area to north towards Kennington, based on 25” O.S. Map (1930s).
(vi) Part of 25” Ordnance Survey Map, Berkshire Sheet No. VI.15, showiing Radley College (part), Sugworth Lane (part) and Radley Large Wood (part). 1930s.
M. 15. Extract from the 25” Ordnance Survey Map, 1933, of the Thrupp area of Radley.
M. 16. Extract from the Tithe Map of Radley of c.1850, showing the part of Lower Radley covered by Rita Ford’s Historical Tour of 11 July 2005. (See also DVD 1 for a recording of the Tour).
M. 17 (i). Extracts from John Rocque’s Map of Berkshire, 1760, of the Oxford, Radley and Abingdon areas. (Presented by Mr Peter McWhirter, March 2007).
(ii) Another extract from the above map on an enlarged scale. (Presented by Mr Brian Ford, February 2007).
M. 18. Plan of the Wick Hall Estate for sale July 16th 1930. Colours inserted by Mr Brian Ford, March 2007).(For Sale Catalogue, see Documents Cat Ref. D. 46).
M. 19. Radley Station Track Plan 1953. Photocopied from a document lent by Mr M.J. Portsmouth, May 2007.
M. 20. Extract (on a reduced scale) from the 25” Ordnance Survey Map 1875 showing part of Radley in the vicinity of the Bowyer Arms. Presented by Mr Stanley Baker, September 2007. M. 21. Cassini Historical Map of Oxford, Popular Edition 1919,including Abingdon, Bicester, Chipping Norton, Kidlington and Witney. Ordnance Survey 1:50,000. Presented by Mr Robert Sephton February 2008.
M. 22. Print of Map of Medieval Oxford by H.W. Brewer, 1520, printed in The Builder July 11 1924. Presented by Mr Dennis Tyler 2005.
M. 23. 16 Aerial Maps compiled by the Ordnance Survey from photographs taken by the R.A.F. in August 1947 and converted to an approximate scale of 6” to the mile, and published on double A.3 sheets; the maps cover Abingdon, Bagley Wood, Bessels Leigh, Boar’s Hill, Chawley, Clifton Hampden, Cothill, Cowley, Cumnor, Dry Sandford, Foxcombe Hill, Iffley, Kennington, Littlemore, Marcham, Nuneham Courtenay, Radley, Sandford-on-Thames, Shippon, South Hinksey, Sunningwell, Wootton. These maps have been deposited on long loan by Mr Peter McWhirter and remain his property.
M. 24. Map (modern) of site of Radley C.E. Primary School, based on Ordnance Survey Map.
M. 25. Photocopy of Sketch Map printed in The History of Radley College 1847-1947 by A.K. Boyd, showing the acreages and dates of acquisition of land owned by the College in 1947.
M. 26. Maps presented by Mr Doug Rawlinson, 2005, as follows:-
(i) Copy of Ordnance Survey Map of the Parish of Radley, showing Public Footpaths.
(ii) Copy of Ordnance Survey Map of Radley showing parish boundary after the building of the Peachcroft Estate.
(iii) Nature Conservation Strategy for Oxfordshire, Parish Conservation Register, Radley Parish. c.1998.
(iv) Radley Parish Land Use, September 1998.
(v) Copy of Sketch Plan entitled Disposal Lakes at Radleyand endorsed “Taken from Didcot Drawing 31/08/63299”