Witney & District Museum

Displays

· Blanket making, glove making, brewing;

· Witney aerodrome and de Havillands;

· shops and shopping; transport: the railways

· Prehistoric Witney: a selection of fossils

· Romans (including North Leigh villa and Shakenoak);

· Saxons: follow the boundary described in the Saxon charter of 969

· Mediaeval (Minster Lovell Hall; the Bishops' Palace);

· schools including many old photographs of pupils; reconstruction of a Victorian schoolroom;

· crime and punishment: the old town stocks

· places of worship

· From the [1840?] tithe map and apportionment you can find out who lived in each building in Witney

Tithe map of Witney township

· Many photographs of old buildings

loaned items from the Hickman Toy Collection; firemen’s uniforms and equipment.