This is a collection of my photos of the lovely Oxfordshire villages I have visited and photographed over the last few years, and a little useful information I have found about each village. I hope you find the photos and information interesting and perhaps even useful. If you come across any errors in any of the information included please let me know so I can put it right.

I have included a location map for each village which 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.

Should 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.

NB I do find it difficult sometimes to take the photographs I would like because of the many parked cars, road signs and power and telephone poles, etc. that are so common on the streets. They are inevitable I suppose, but nevertheless they do spoil the appearance of our attractive villages and towns. Waste and recycling bins outside every house is another problem on some days as they ruin the appearance even more. Although I try to avoid collection days sometimes this has 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.