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Pictures and Documents, L - R, T - B :1. Mabel Dearmer, aged sixteen in 18882. Mabel Dearmer, aged eighteen in 18903. A short biography of Mabel Dearmer4. A letter to the Times regarding Mabel's death and other's work in Serbia5. Pen and Ink Sketch6.…

Admiral 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 Frampton Place from the 1930's until he moved to Somerset to take over his family estate. He purchased…

Sir Walter Robert Dempster Perkins, also known as Robert Perkins (3 June 1903 – 8 December 1988) was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud in Gloucestershire at a by-election in May 1931,…

Norman Shrapnel (5 October 1912 – 1 February 2004) was an notable journalist, author and parliamentary correspondent who lived at Laburnum Cottage, Far Oakridge.Shrapnel was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and was educated at The King's School,…

Robert Mawdesley (c. 1900 – 30 September 1953), resident of Far Oakridge, was an actor, best remembered as the voice of the first Walter Gabriel in the long-running radio programme The Archers, which has been running as a daily serial on BBC Radio…

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 England's traditional dances and music owe their continuing existence to his work in recording and…

John Drinkwater the poet and playright, introduced to Oakridge by William Rothenstein, so loved the setting that he stayed at Winson Cottage for a year!The image is a painting of John Drinkwater by William Rothenstein.Drinkwater was attracted by the…

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, then nine, was destined to become Vice Admiral Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly KBE, CB…

Charles 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 and miller, and Anne Damsel Mason. He attended Tetbury Grammar School and (probably) received…

An 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 purchases, and using the village shop and the pub as their local, George and Dorcas JugginsGeorge and…