A Canal Trip from Ashmeads to Sapperton TunnelJoin us as we travel from Ashmead's Mill east along the canal to Sapperton Tunnel using photographs mainly from the late nineteenth and early...
ReminiscensesReminisences of Oakridge's past by residents, visitors and travellers.
Interesting Local IndividualsIn the history of any community, certain characters come to stand out and Oakridge is no exception. Some of the people who have been influential in…
Oakridge Methodist ChapelThe Story of Oakridge Methodist Chapel Like so many of our hillside villages, Oakridge Lynch has its origin in a few houses built round the upper part…
Oakridge from the pages of the Gloucestershire GazettePictures L - R, T - B:1. The Butchers Arms Landlord, Peter Coupe 2. Oakridge Show - Winner of flower section 3 . Butchers Arms Group 4. May Queen…
Ultra-fast Internet Comes to OakridgeSince the advent of the Internet age Oakridge residents had had to put up with very slow speed connections either via their old fashioned phone lines…
Oakridge locals who served in the Great War and survivedIn 2018, to commemorate the end of the Great War, Oakridge History Group researched and documented those who served in the Great War and survived to…
Lyday CottageAfter the end of WW1, Rothenstein was offered the post of Principal of the Royal College of Art in London. This was something very close to his heart,…
Iles Green, Previously known as Iles Green House, Iles Green Farm and Turner's FarmImages are from a property sales brochure, 2018.Iles Green dates back to the early part of the 17th century. Sir William Rothenstein, artist and,…