Royal Visits and Jubilee Celebrations

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Royal Visits & Jubilee Celebrations

Royal occasions in the Wychwoods, 1897–2012

For more than a century, royal visits, coronations and jubilees have brought the communities of the Wychwoods together. Photographs in the Society’s archive record village celebrations, fancy dress, street parties, royal visitors and the people who took part.

This photographic story brings together some of those images, from Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 to celebrations for Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

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1897

1911

1937

1953

1977

1981

2009

2012

1897

Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee

In 1897 the Wychwoods joined communities across Britain in marking sixty years of Queen Victoria’s reign. One surviving photograph records a Diamond Jubilee tea in the Wild Garden at Shipton-under-Wychwood, with local farmer and landowner John Maddox among those present.

The Diamond Jubilee tea celebration for Queen Victoria in 1897 in the Wild Garden…
Princess Margaret visits Bruern in the 1950s
Princess Royal with Malcolm Cochrane, Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Oxforshire visiting Matthews Mill Shipton…
Princess Royal visiting Matthews Mill Shipton 2009
Princess Royal visiting Matthews Mill Shipton 2009
Princess Royal visiting Matthews Mill Shipton 2009
Coronation Day Celebration at Lyneham. 1953
Royal wedding celebration in Shipton 29 July 1981

1911

A Royal Visitor to the Wychwoods

Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein visited the Wychwoods in 1911. The Society’s photographs record her visit to St Michael’s School and Home at Shipton-under-Wychwood and her attendance at a fête at Bruern.

Visit of Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein to St Michael’s School for Girls Shipton…
Visit of Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein to St Michael’s School for Girls Shipton…
Visit of Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein to St Michael’s School for Girls Shipton…
Visit by Princess Victoria to St Michael’s Home Shipton under Wychwood
The visit of Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein to Bruern fete 1911
Visit of Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein to the fete at Bruern 1911

1937

Coronation Day in the Wychwoods

The coronation of King George VI on 12 May 1937 prompted extensive celebrations across the Wychwoods. The surviving photographs are particularly rich for Milton-under-Wychwood, where fancy dress competitions, village gatherings and celebrations on the Green were recorded, as well as events at Shipton Court.

Coronation celebrations at Milton May 12 1937
Coronation celebrations at Milton May 12 1937
Second prize Mary had a little lamb. MIlton at Coronation celebrations May 1937. Includes…
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937 – Maisie Gilbert, Rose Broadway…
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937. Jean Treweeke,Pam Wiggins
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937 – Millie Kite
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937 – Ruth Parsloe
Milton under Wychwood – The Green Coronation 1937- Elsie Keen
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green Coronation 1937- Elsie Keen
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937 May 12. Johnson’s Stores in…
Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Coronation 1937. Hillborough House on the left
Shipton Court. May 1937 Coronation celebrations
Coronation Day celebrations 12th May 1937. Shipton Court
Shipton Court Coronation celebrations 12th May 1937
Shipton Court Coronation celebrations 12th May 1937
George V1 Coronation Day Milton High Street 1937
Coronation Day 1937 Milton High Street
Following the Band – Coronation Day 1937
Coronation Day Celebrations Shipton 1937
Shipton George VI coronation celebrations
Coronation Day Milton 1937

1953

The Coronation of Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II was crowned on 2 June 1953. The Society’s collection includes a photograph of Coronation Day celebrations at Lyneham, recording how the occasion was marked locally.

1977

The Silver Jubilee

Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee brought another round of village celebrations in 1977. The photographic archive records fancy dress parades, gatherings in Coombes Close, celebrations at Shipton cricket ground and an ox roast on the Green at Milton-under-Wychwood.

No 68: High Street Milton under Wychwood – Fancy Dress Parade – Celebrations for…
No 69: High Street Milton under Wychwood – Fancy Dress Parade – Celebrations for…
No 70: High Street Milton under Wychwood – Fancy Dress Parade – Celebrations for…
No 71: High Street Milton under Wychwood – Fancy Dress Parade – Celebrations for…
No 72: Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Probably Silver Jubilee 1977
No 73 Milton under Wychwood – The Green – Probably Silver Jubilee 1977
No 74: Shipton cricket ground. Silver Jubilee 1977. Bill Kimber
No 75: Silver Jubilee 1977 celebrations and Fancy Dress in Coombes Close, Shipton under…
No 76: The winners of the 5-9 years Fancy Dress at the 1977 Jubilee…
No 77: Part of the Party at the 1977 Jubilee Celebrations in Coombes Close,…
No 78: The First Prize winners of the under 5s Fancy Dress King and…
No 79: Fancy Dress at the 1977 Jubilee Celebrations in Coombes Close, Shipton under…
No 80: Lining up for the Fancy Dress at the 1977 Jubilee Celebrations in…
No 81: Milton under Wychwood – Ox Roast on green – Celebrations for Queen…

1981

A Royal Wedding

On 29 July 1981, communities around the country celebrated the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. The photographic record includes celebrations in Shipton-under-Wychwood.

2009

The Princess Royal at Matthews Mill

A visit by the Princess Royal to Matthews Mill in Shipton-under-Wychwood was recorded in a small group of photographs in 2009. The archive includes images of the Princess Royal with Malcolm Cochrane, Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Oxfordshire.

2012

The Diamond Jubilee

More than a century after Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, the Wychwoods again came together for a Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Photographs in the archive record celebrations at Beaconsfield Hall in Shipton-under-Wychwood and events in Milton-under-Wychwood.

No 82: John Hartley at the Golden Jubilee celebrations Shipton 2012
No 83: Unidentified lady at the Golden Jubilee celebratons Shipton 2012
No 84: Penny Campbell singing at Diamond Jubilee celebration in Beaconsfield Hall
No 85: Diamond Jubilee celebration at Beaconsfield Hall Shipton
No 86: Chris Trotman at the Milton Diamond Jubliee celebrations 2012. Photo by David…
No 87: Diamond Jubilee celebration at Milton 2012. Photo by David Trollope
No 88: Milton Diamond Jubliee celebrations 2012. Photo by David Trollope
No 89: Milton Diamond Jubliee celebrations 2012. Photo by David Trollope
No 90: Milton Diamond Jubliee celebrations 2012. Photo by David Trollope
No 91: Milton Diamond Jubliee celebrations 2012. Photo by David Trollope

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