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Shotover Country Park, beautiful in May, has been here for more than a thousand years
Shotover Country Park, beautiful in May, has been here for more than a thousand years

Shotover country park, beautiful in May with bluebells covering the forest floor, has a history of over 1000 years as a Saxon / Norman Royal Forest.

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Good Old England ToursMay 4, 2020Shotover, Oxford, Christchurch, Headington

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The Old Black Horse in St Clements, Oxford, is the oldest building in St Clements, dating from the 17th Century. It was used as a court house for the Royal Forest of Shotover until 1660. In the front courtyard there used to be stocks, used for punish
Shotover VE Day special. This picture shows one the few remains of the Slade army training camp, which was used during WW2 by the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. They trained here before going off to the D-Day landings. For more infor
Touring Oxford, the view didn’t get much better than this.#oxfordpubs #dodopubsco
Looking forward to Oxford in the Spring, as the storms of today make this scene look very different.
Rousham House and Gardens, Oxfordshire⁠ ⁠ Rousham - the little visited masterpiece of one of the founders of the English Landscape Movement, William Kent.⁠ ⁠ On our ‘Historic Gardens Tour’, we enjoy two of the most influential gardens in
Ford's Hospital, Coventry⁠ ⁠ Ford's Hospital, Coventry, traditionally known as Grey Friars Hospital, is a grade I listed 16th century half-timbered almshouse in Greyfriars Lane, Coventry. It was founded by the merchant William Ford in 1509 to provide
Inside Hall's Croft⁠ ⁠ Hall's Croft is a building in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, which was owned by William Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna Hall, and her husband Dr John Hall whom she married in 1607. The building is listed grade I, a
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire (Wolf Hall)⁠ ⁠ Chastleton’s small stone courtyard provided the location for the dramatic scenes from Cromwell’s miserable childhood in Putney in Wolf Hall, while interiors represent Wolf Hall itself, the Seym
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire⁠ ⁠ The Heart of England is especially rich in castles - big and small, both ruined and complete - and has a wealth of country houses which can be discovered. On our tour we would visit a fairy-tale castle which became a g
 
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