Interesting Local Individuals
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Some of the people who have been influential in various ways such as William Rothenstein and his extended group of literary and artistic friends are featured in the Arts and Crafts Movement Collection.
A selection of people, some born here but moved on, some born and stayed and other 'in-comers' are featured here. Some affected the village directly, others made significant contributions to music, politics, business the army and more, both nationally and internationally.
We are quite certain that there are many more 'Intersting Individuals' that have not yet been featured in this Collection - if you would like to suggest additions, even yourself, please do so!
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Mabel Dearmer - actress, novelist, illustrator, playwright, elocutionist, theatre producer, vicar’s wife, and motherPictures and Documents, L - R, T - B :1. Mabel Dearmer, aged sixteen in 18882. Mabel Dearmer, aged eighteen in 18903. A short biography of Mabel…
Admiral Sir James SomervilleAdmiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville GCB, GBE, DSO, DL (17 July 1882 – 19 March 1949) was a Royal Navy officer. Sir James lived at…
Sir Robert Perkins, MP for Stroud, with his plane at Lime Kiln Lane, Bisley from where he used to fly to London from his home at Rookwoods, WaterlaneSir Walter Robert Dempster Perkins, also known as Robert Perkins (3 June 1903 – 8 December 1988) was a Conservative Party politician in England. He…
Norman Shrapnel, Journalist and AuthorNorman Shrapnel (5 October 1912 – 1 February 2004) was an notable journalist, author and parliamentary correspondent who lived at Laburnum Cottage,…
Robert Mawdesley, ActorRobert Mawdesley (c. 1900 – 30 September 1953), resident of Far Oakridge, was an actor, best remembered as the voice of the first Walter Gabriel in…
Cecil James Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924) was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century. Many of…
John Drinkwater, poet and playwrightJohn Drinkwater the poet and playright, introduced to Oakridge by William Rothenstein, so loved the setting that he stayed at Winson Cottage for a…
Major Robert Francis Le Bailly (1866 - 1945) and Vice Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly (1915 - 2010)Major Robert Francis Le Bailly (1866 - 1945), a Civil Engineer, moved from Bristol to Oakridge in 1924 with his wife and children, one of whom, Louis,…
Charles Mason, astronomer and surveyor 1728 - 1786Charles Mason was born at Wherr (now Weir) Farm, Oakridge Lynch (although others say he was born at Bakers Mill), the son of Charles Mason, a baker…
George & Dorcas JugginsAn couple who, though they did not live in the village, were a familiar sight in Oakridge travelling by donkey or pushing a pram to transport their…