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| Frontispiece Minster Lovell church and Hall from the south, showing the south-west tower at the end of the
western residential range. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA046290) |
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| 3 | Alvescot: the school and main street in the 1920s, looking east. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive P/1825) | 9 |
| 5 | Alvescot village from the air, showing earthworks and the former manorial site near St Peter's church. (© English Heritage. NMR. 18627/15; SP 2704/25) | 13 |
| 6 | Alvescot: Shill House from the south-west. (© English Heritage. NMR. BB001134) | 14 |
| 7 | Alvescot House from the south-west. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA000795) | 15 |
| 8 | Alvescot: Butlers Court from the north. (© English Heritage. NMR. BB001127) | 20 |
| 9 | Alvescot: Park Farm from the south-east. (© English Heritage. NMR. BB001132) | 23 |
| 11 | Alvescot Particular Baptist chapel in 1986, shortly before its closure. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 87/754) | 35 |
| 12 | Asthall barrow. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 11929) | 40 |
| 14 | Asthall: The Cottage and No. 1 Stonelands, presumed to be the former 'Bastard School'. (photo VCH) | 43 |
| 15 | Asthall: Toque House from the south-east. (© English Heritage. NMR. BB001157) | 44 |
| 16 | Asthall: Lord and Lady Redesdale and their children (the 'Mitford Family') outside the 'Cloisters' at Asthall Manor, September 1926. (The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth. Reproduced by permission of the Duchess of Devonshire) | 46 |
| 17 | Asthall Manor from the west, showing the hall range, cross wings, and stair tower. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA046321) | 51 |
| 19 | Asthall: Worsham Mill, showing ranges of c. 1830 and 1902. (photo VCH) | 63 |
| 20 | Asthall church and Asthall Manor from the north-east, drawn by J.C. Buckler in 1821. (Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. a 65, no. 50; reproduced by permission of the Curators of the Bodleian Library) | 66 |
| 21 | Asthall church: tomb and effigy, probably of Lady Joan Cornwall, in the Cornwall chapel. (Photo Miss K. Mair; reproduced by permission) | 69 |
| 22 | Asthall Leigh: the chapel of St John the Evangelist in 1974. (© Crown Copyright. NMR. BB74/740) | 71 |
| 23 | Black Bourton: the former Primitive Methodist chapel at Spout Green, looking east. (© English Heritage. NMR. BB001151) | 74 |
| 24 | Black Bourton: High House or Fiveways (left) and Bridge House (right), south of Spout Green. © English Heritage. NMR. BB001130) | 77 |
| 25 | Black Bourton: model cottages built about 1863 to designs by W.C.C. Bramwell, looking east. (© English Heritage. NMR. BB001152) | 78 |
| 26 | Black Bourton: the former National school (now a house), built in 1865 and subsequently extended. (photo VCH) | 80 |
| 27 | Black Bourton: Manor Farm, showing the medieval range (left) and W.C.C. Bramwell's block of 1861–3 (right). (© English Heritage. NMR. BB001239) | 84 |
| 29 | Black Bourton: William Wilkinson's design for model labourers' cottages at Rock Farm (now in Carterton), 1857. (Reproduced from W. Wilkinson, English Country Houses (2nd edn 1875), plate 55) | 91 |
| 30 | Black Bourton: church from the south-east, drawn by J.C. Buckler in 1821. (Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. a 65, no. 95; reproduced by permission of the Curators of the Bodleian Library) | 97 |
| 32 | Carterton: Brize Norton Road in the 1920s. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 87/456) | 104 |
| 33 | Carterton: the main crossroads in the 1920s, showing the war memorial and Kennett's stores. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 87/457) | 104 |
| 34 | Carterton buildings:
(a) Rock Farm; converted barns at Rock Farm; early settler's house near Milestone Road; Women's Institute hall (1926); Brize Norton road in 1997, showing St John's church, WI hall, and settler's bungalow; The Parade in the 1930s. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive P/3111 (The Parade); other photos VCH) | 107 |
| (b) prefabs in 1963; converted Robin hangar on Alvescot Road; 1970s housing on Upavon Way; St John's church in 1997; the town hall (built 1982–3); the main crossroads in 2004. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 77/5545 (prefabs); other photos VCH) | 108 |
| 35 | Carterton badge of office (Carterton Town Council) | 111 |
| 36 | Clanfield: the Wesleyan Methodist chapel and main village street in the 1920s, looking north-west. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 76/95) | 113 |
| 37 | Clanfield: the river Thames at Harper's weir in the late 19th century. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 6673) | 114 |
| 39 | Clanfield: the Plough Inn and war memorial in the 1920s. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 76/94) | 118 |
| 40 | Clanfield: the Thames Valley (Knapp's) Ironworks Band at the owner's house, c. 1913. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 782/281) | 120 |
| 41 | Clanfield: Club Day procession outside Chestlion Farm, c. 1911. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 81/4372) | 124 |
| 42 | Clanfield: Friars Court from the south-east. (© Crown Copyright. NMR. BB92/15019) | 125 |
| 44 | Clanfield: Little Clanfield Mill in the early 20th century. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 81/4388) | 138 |
| 45 | Clanfield: disused windmill at Windmill Farm, photographed by H.M.J. Underhill in 1907. (Bodl. MS Dep e 65, f. 17; reproduced by permission of the Curators of the Bodleian Library) | 139 |
| 47 | Clanfield church from the south-east, drawn by J.C. Buckler in 1821. (Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. a 66, no. 172; reproduced by permission of the Curators of the Bodleian Library) | 144 |
| 49 | Kencot Lodge (left) and North Lodge (right). (© English Heritage. NMR. AA046271) | 150 |
| 50 | Kencot House from the south. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA046263) | 155 |
| 52 | Kencot: Manor Farm from the north-east. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA045940) | 158 |
| 53 | Kencot: The Old School House, formerly the village school. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA 045786) | 165 |
| 54 | Kencot: the Carter Institute. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA045798) | 166 |
| 55 | Kencot church from the south-west. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA045794) | 168 |
| 56 | Kencot church: tympanum over south doorway. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA045793) | 174 |
| 57 | Kencot: Red Rose Cottages from the south-west. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA045838) | 175 |
| 58 | Kencot: Kencot Cottage and Kencot green from the south-east. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA045797) | 176 |
| 59 | Kencot: Asthall Farm from the south-west. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA045783) | 177 |
| 60 | Minster Lovell: the main village street, looking south-west. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA046285) | 178 |
| 63 | Minster Lovell: the Swan Inn from the south-west. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA046287) | 182 |
| 65 | Charterville in 1848, showing the school (with tower). From the Illustrated London News for 1848 | 184 |
| 66 | Minster Lovell Hall from the north in 1729, engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck. (Bodl. MS Gough Maps 168, f. 78; reproduced by permission of the Curators of the Bodleian Library) | 186 |
| 67 | Minster Lovell Hall from the south-east. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA000584) | 187 |
| 69 | Minster Lovell Hall and church from the air, showing vicarage house and Manor Farm. (© Crown Copyright. NMR. 18214/06; SP 3211/5) | 189 |
| 70 | Minster Lovell: the south front of Manor Farm from the churchyard, probably incorporating remains of the chapel of St Cecilia. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA046284) | 190 |
| 72 | Minster Lovell church: the crossing, looking east. (Reproduced by permission of English Heritage. NMR. AA82/660) | 202 |
| 73 | Brize Norton: the village street in the late 19th century, photographed by Henry Taunt. (Reproduced by permission of English Heritage. NMR. CC57/464) | 206 |
| 75 | Brize Norton: Kilkenny Farm in 2001. (Photo VCH) | 212 |
| 76 | Brize Norton Airbase: | 213 |
| (a) from the air in 1943, showing part of Carterton and Brize Norton village. (© English Heritage. NMR. US/7PH/GP/LOC 95 FR: 5016) |
| (b) station headquarters in 2004. (Photo Mr Peter Davis; reproduced by permission) | 214 |
| (c) the 'Base Hangar', opened 1967. (Photo Mr Peter Davis; reproduced by permission) | 214 |
| 77 | Brize Norton: the Chequers Inn in the early 20th century. (COS, Oxfordshire Photographic Archive 5567) | 216 |
| 78 | Brize Norton school and church in the late 19th century, photographed by Henry Taunt. (Reproduced by permission of English Heritage. NMR. CC57/465) | 217 |
| 79 | Brize Norton Manor from the north-east, showing hall range and west cross-wing. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA049342) | 222 |
| 80 | Brize Norton: Grange Farmhouse from the north, showing the gabled stair tower. (Photo VCH) | 225 |
| 82 | Brize Norton church from the south-east, drawn by J.C. Buckler in 1821. (Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. a 65, no. 118; reproduced by permission of the Curators of the Bodleian Library) | 238 |
| 83 | Brize Norton church: tympanum over south doorway. (© English Heritage. NMR. AA049345) | 242 |
| 84 | Brize Norton Primitive Methodist (formerly Congregationalist) chapel in 2002. (Photo VCH) | 245 |