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The former Smith's blanket factory, Witney

The 'Witney Tragedy' - Murder on Bridge Street

22 November 2022

Bridge Street, Witney

John William Rose admitted shooting his father in the eye. Was he defending his mother, or was it cold-blooded murder?

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The Four Shires Stone

Four Shire Stone - The monument that inspired Tolkien

25 August 2022

Four Shire Stone, near Morton-in-Marsh

This curious monument near Morton-in-Marsh is said to have inspired Tolkien's Three Farthing Stone from Lord of the Rings.

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Chastleton House, Oxfordshire

Secret rooms and daring escapes at Chastleton House

24 August 2022

Chastleton House, Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh

Chastleton House hides a secret room that was once the scene of a daring escape by Royalist Captain Arthur Jones during the English Civil War.

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Capps Lodge map

Highwaymen at the Bird in Hand Inn

8 June 2022

Capps Lodge, A361, Fulbrook

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The Old George Inn, Burford

Ghosts at the Former George Inn, Burford

7 June 2022

Antiques @ the George, High Street, Burford

The ghosts of the notorious criminals Tom and Harry Dunsdon are said to still haunt this Burford pub over two centuries after their executions.

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A map of Yarnton, circa 1911

Christabel's Ghost at Yarnton

23 February 2022

College Mead, Little Blenheim, Yarnton

This area of Yarnton is said to be haunted by the ghost of Christabel, a young woman who took her own life after discovering her lover has been unfaithful.

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Eynsham Railway Station, 1959

The Eynsham Railway Station Robbery of 1927

13 February 2022

Old Station Way, Eynsham

In December 1927 an attempt to steal the safe from Eynsham Railway Station resulted in a harrowing ordeal for station porter Frederick Castle.

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A vintage postcard of Shipton-Under-Wychwood

Stolen Skulls at Shipton-Under-Wychwood

1 February 2022

St Mary the Virgin church, Shipton under Wychwood

A humorous local story from 1894 features drunken dares, practical jokes and stolen human remains!

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North Leigh Roman Villa

Ghosts at North Leigh Roman Villa

24 January 2022

East End, North Leigh

The Roman villa at North Leigh was one of the largest in England. But do more supernatural relics of the past linger on here as well?

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