Whichford and Ascott Web-site

Historical Photographs

 

For interesting old photographs of Whichford and Ascott try this link to Windows on Warwickshire  Click here

 

Peter Hawtin’s father, William Hawtin was born in Whichford in 1919 and Peter has traced back Hawtins in Whichford to about 1800.  He has four photos of children from Whichford School dating from the late 1800s or early 1900s. They can be seen using this link.   He wonders if there are still people in the village who might be able to recognise family members or friends. If so, it would be wonderful to put names to faces and to date the photos. The May Day photo date is smudged but looks as if it might be 1915. A male teacher appears in 3 of the photos: 2 when he was younger and 1 some years later.

If anyone can help with information please inform one of the editorial team.

 

 

 

 

 

Memories of Whichford

 

Following the recent call in ‘The Link’ for contributions about ‘Times past’; Mrs Elsie Castle has kindly lent the editors of the ‘The Link’ and this web-site some pictures of bygone Whichford.  She also lent us a newspaper cutting concerning the day when eight young men from Whichford signed up to go off to the First World War.  To read a transcript please click here.  Unfortunately we do not have the exact date or name of the paper.

Parish Registers

 

A number of Parish Records have been transcribed by volunteers. These may be viewed at: http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/~df10/whichford/

 

 

British History Online

British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, they aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.

For their pages on Whichford Click here

 

Bells of St Michael’s Church, Whichford

 

For a history of the bells in St Michael’s Church Click Here  This is a delightful web-site for anyone interested in Whichford, St Michael’s Church or bell-ringing.

 

Back Row (left to right): T. Castle, E. Smith, J. Harwood, F. Harwood

Front Row (left to right):  W. Davis, C. Brown, B. Hardiman, H. Scarrott

For more pictures of Whichford from Mrs Castle please  go to our Whichford Memories page.

Editor’s note:  I am sorry about the poor quality of these photographs but people in the village may just be able to identify the bell ringers.