Village History

Did You Know ?

• The 100 foot steel mast at Greenmore was erected after the Second World War for radio and television experiments - obviously successful.
• Miss Maggie Beeson retired as postmistress in 1945. She lived to be 104 and was the oldest bellringer in Britain.
• Sites where there have been public houses or beer houses include Rifleman Cottage, Shirvells Hill, Chestnuts, Checkendon and The Folly, South Stoke Road.

Woodcote Portrait of a South Chiltern Village

Read more about the history of Woodcote from the ice age to the present day in this excellent book by Woodcote resident Vicky Jordan. Price £1 from the Woodcote library.

South Oxfordshire Archaeological Group

SOAG are an active local archaeology group involved with fieldwork projects and local historical research, including a study of Woodcote's ponds in conjunction with Woodcote Conservation Group. For more information visit our website www.soagarch.org.uk .