Past Residents
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A black and white image showing the presentation of a cup. Many people are sitting and standing behind, watching the proceedings. An impressive sign reads - Bledisloe Cup Competition, Best Kept Village. 1977
Mick Gaden proudly receives the Bledisloe Cup for the Best Kept Village. 1977
A black and white image showing the presentation of a cup. Many people are sitting and standing behind, watching the proceedings. An impressive sign reads - Bledisloe Cup Competition, Best Kept Village. 1977 Various people numbered for naming purposes.
1. Colonel Goodman - Banks Fee, Longborough. 2. Earl Bathurst. 3. Mick Gaden - Lived on the site of Upper Hillcrest. 4. Lizzie Bruce, Rambler Cottage. 5. Colonel Christy-Miller, Manor House. 6. Edna Bruce. 7. Mrs Webb. 8. Keith Beasley, Home Cottage, now Cosy Cottage. 9. Mrs Hurrell
Black and white photo of a village cricket team c.1955
Bourton-on-the-Hill cricket team c.1955 Back Row: Ernie Lapworth, Gillet (son), Dennis Tweed, Mr Gillet (dad), Umpires - Eric Davies, Mr Williams. Front Row: Mr Shadbolt, Gillet (son), Hobbs, Bob Naylor, Mr Hurrell, ?, Malcolm Tweed, Michael Jackson. (Gillets & Jackson from Blockley, Naylor came to the area in WW2, he was in the Green Howards Regiment)
An old fashioned tractor and a gentleman riding it.
Ken Gleed on his tractor, 1970
A historic sepia image is of Village residents from who appear to be posing for an amateur dramatics photo, taken by Butt Bourton photographers. Part of a poster can be seen, the words 'Sketch, murdered English' can be seen but the rest is obscured by people. They are in various costumes so it is hard to date the image but probably early 1900s.
A historic sepia image of a large group of men and women, young and old, dressed in clothes from the early 1900s. They are standing behind a rope in a line. The caption at the bottom reads 'Bourton on the Hill Fete'.
A historic image of a large group of village residents, believed to be taken in 1911. It shows mainly men and boys but a few women are visible. Everyone is wearing hats, the ladies in bonnets and the males in caps or boaters. Everyone is standing in a line watching two males, with their jackets removed, hanging from a long wooden beam in an organised event. A policeman is walking next to the beam.
A historic image of at least 60 village residents, men and women, young and old, dressed in clothes from the early 1900s. Most of the young girls are wearing white dresses, the older ladies in black. There is a policeman in the front centre of the group next to a gentleman in a peaked cap. Everyone is wearing hats, the ladies in bonnets and the males in caps. Everyone is standing in a line. The caption at the bottom reads 'Bourton on the Hill Flower Show'.
'Bourton on the Hill Flower Show'
A black and white images of a row of villagers standing across the road, Bourton on the Hill. Taken1895
For several years until she died in 1934, Mrs D'Este East, Bourton House, financed a Soup Kitchen in the village. Needy parishioners queued for their soup outside the School or opposite Redesdale Cottage below the 'Horse and Groom', where Mrs William Hathaway dispensed it.. The soup queue above the village school. c.1910
A group of men and women in clothing from the late 1800s
Residents of Bourton on the Hill c1880