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This 17th-century building housed the Assize Courts, which judged the more serious crimes such as murder. Today it is home to the Abingdon Museum....
At Pendon we aim to recapture, in detailed and colourful miniature, scenes showing the beauty of the English countryside as it used to be in the years around 1930. Realistically modelled cottages like the one pictured above, farms, fields and lanes r...
Banbury Museum is situated in an attractive canal-side location in the centre of Banbury.
Banbury MuseumExciting modern displays illustrate Banbury's history. These include the Civil War, the Victorian market town and the Oxford Canal and Tooley'...
Museum housed in 1 room in the ancient court house. Collection of exhibits pertaining to Bloxham. Our 2008 Exhibition is 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue' which is in line with other museums in Oxfordshire who have chosen Oxford Welcomes the World...
Private farming museum includes tractors and stationary engines from the 1920s onward, with or driving their appropriate implements. The steam section comprises a 1903 steam traction engine, 1912 steamroller, 1839 stationary engine and 2 others, plus...
The Museum has displays of local history and archaeology as well as mementoes of Thomas Hughes and the late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman, who spent many happy years living in Uffington.
Overlooking the village is the Iron Age hillfort of Uffi...
Set on the banks of the River Thames in Henley-on-Thames, the award-winning River & Rowing Museum has three permanent galleries devoted to the River Thames, the international sport of rowing and the town of Henley on Thames.
Newly opened in summe...
The present building dates from 1845. It was designed by Charles Cockerell in a classical style and stands on Beaumont Street. One wing of the building is occupied by the Taylor Institution, the modern languages faculty of the university. The main mu...
Charlbury Museum shows visitors the traditional crafts & industries of the Oxfordshire town of Charlbury & includes exhibits given or lent by the residents of Charlbury & the villages surrounding the local area.
Charlbury Museum's collections was...
Explore the wonders of Oxford’s long history at the Museum of Oxford. Before the first student took his first lesson at the University, saints walked here, kings were crowned here and parliaments debated here. Discover the city’s earliest residen...
We are working to create a museum of children’s literature and storytelling in the heart of Oxford, UK. This will be a museum in its true sense – a place of inspiration and wonder – an impressive and beautiful building with performance and exhi...
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the University's scientific collections of zoological, entomological and geological specimens. The Museum itself is a Grade 1 listed building, renowned for its spectacular neo-Gothic architecture...
The Pitt Rivers Museum cares for one of the world's great collections. It is equally famous for its celebrated displays and its leading role in contemporary research and museum curatorship. This site introduces visitors to both.
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The Tolsey Museum is midway along Burford's main street. The black and white timber fronted building erected on stone pillars was once the medieval meeting point for the wealthy wool merchants who also paid their tolls or tax here.
The Tolsey now...
The Benson Veteran Cycle Museum has veteran and vintage cycles dating from 1818 to 1925....
Housed in a 15thC hall-house, the museum presents the story of Wallingford from earliest times to the present day. Special features include a free audio tour featuring the Saxon town and medieval castle, models of the castle and Wallingford station, ...
Set in beautiful surroundings in the heart of the historic town of Woodstock, the Oxfordshire Museum tells the story of Oxfordshire through 11 galleries and many exhibitions featuring history, popular culture, contemporary arts and crafts throughout ...
Early 18th-century house. Built in 1703 of Cotswold stone, the house is set on the banks of the Thames and has a small garden...
Neo-classical mansion with fine art and furniture collection, set in landscaped grounds. The late 18th-century house contains the fine paintings and furniture of the Faringdon Collection Trust. The grounds include various avenue walks, an Italianate ...
13th-century stone barn. This large monastic barn has a stone-tiled roof and interesting timber structure....
Intriguing house with a tranquil garden. This picturesque house, mainly Tudor in style, has a beautiful courtyard and one surviving tower dating from 1347. The house has an interesting history and was involved in Jacobean court intrigue. It has been ...
Former monastic buildings, now converted into two houses. South Cottage contains the Great Hall of the original priory....
Stone-built house with fine 18th-century decoration and landscaped garden. This beautiful honey-coloured house, home of the Holbech family for over 300 years, was richly decorated in the mid-18th century. The interior plasterwork is some of the fines...
Outstanding art collections in a 17th-century mansion, with superb terraced gardens. One of the National Trust's most important art collections can be found in this house, built in 1695 of mellow local stone, purchased and remodelled 1927-29 by Walte...
The internationally-renowned Uffington White Horse can be seen for miles away leaping across the head of a dramatic dry valley in the Ridgeway escarpment.
But this is only part of the unique complex of ancient remains that are found at White Horse...
Wayland's Smithy is an atmospheric historic site situated approximately 2km along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse. A Neolithic chambered long barrow, it was once believed to have been the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland. ...
The earthworks forming Deddington Castle lie in a rural location to the south-east of the village of Deddington. No stonework is visible above ground today, but the site is nevertheless a striking one owing to the scale of the earthworks – the ...
North Leigh Roman Villa are now the remains of a large, well-built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature of North Leigh Roman Villa is a near complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns....
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