These are some of my photos of the lovely Oxfordshire villages I have visited in recent years, and a little information about each village. I hope you find the photos and information interesting and perhaps even useful. If you come across an error please let me know so I can put it right.

The location map included for each village enables a choice of three views of the area, i.e.
- a road map to show where the village is,
- an Ordance Survey map for more detail, or
- a bird's eye or aerial photomap view for added interest.

If you wish to visit a village and explore it on foot the Ordnance Survey map is particularly useful as it shows footpaths, woodlands, churches, contours etc., but it is only available at certain levels of zoom. All the maps and views can be printed.

Unfortunately even the prettiest villages now seem to be cluttered with parked cars, road signs, power and telephone poles, etc.. They are everywhere and they make it difficult to take the photographs I would like. Wheelie bins, etc. are another problem as they too ruin the appearance of a village. I try to avoid collection days but regrettably sometimes this has just not been possible.

Acknowledgements: I must acknowledge the following reference sources for some of the information I have included: - The New Oxfordshire Village Book compiled by the Oxfordshire Federation of Women's Institutes and published by Countryside Books and the O.F.W.I.; - Philip's County Guide Oxfordshire; - Harry Knight's Upper Thames Valley Today; - David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History; - A Dictionary of English Place-Names published by the Oxford University Press; - Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia; - The University of London & History of Parliament Trust's British History Online; Joan Street's informative website about the popular TV series Midsomer Murders which has many Oxfordshire filming locations http://midsomermurders.org/midsomer.htm; - The numerous interesting village websites, to which I've been pleased to provide links;

The lovely village of Childrey in the Vale of White Horse.

- Leaflets or flyers published by some of the churches I have visited, and of course - The numerous other sources I've come across whilst idly Googling for information.