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Memorial seat (1), The Leys, Witney, Oxon
The seat was donated by the Windrush Flower Club, of Witney, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ending of the First World War. It was installed in 2018.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 3 Feb 2019
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Memorial seat (2) - dedication plaque, The Leys, Witney, Oxon
The plaque reads:- "Donated in Remembrance By Windrush Flower Club 1954-2018". The seat was installed in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ending of World War I in November 1918.
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Taken: 3 Feb 2019
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Emma's Dike near Gordon Way, Witney, Oxon
An ancient watercourse named after an 11th century Queen. See
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Taken: 30 Mar 2018
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Footpath in The Leys, Witney, Oxon
The seat on the left can also be seen in this photograph:-
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 3 Feb 2019
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Progress on new war memorial (July 2018), The Leys, Witney, Oxon
Further progress has been made on the new war memorial in The Leys park. It will be unveiled in November 2018 at one of the events to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I. This event will include a "poppy mile", which leads from the Corn Exchange, up Church Green and then onto The Leys (the route soldiers would have taken as they set off to war).
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 28 Jul 2018
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Site for proposed new war memorial area (1), The Leys, Witney, Oxon
The year 2018 marks the centenary of the ending of World War I. The Town Council along with the District Council are hoping to install a new war memorial area in this corner of The Leys to mark this event. The aim is that this will be done in 2018. The recreation ground known today as The Leys was itself intended as a memorial to those who gave their lives in World War I. See:-
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 11 Mar 2017
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Site for proposed new war memorial area (2) - information board, The Leys, Witney, Oxon
The text on this information board says:- "Please do not pull up the newly planted shrubs in this area. This is the planting scheme for a small memorial area to commemorate the end of World War I in 1918. The plants need time to establish to form the right sort of backdrop for what is to come. The white markings show where the different elements of the memorial will be installed. Please treat this area with the respect deserved by the millions who gave their lives. Thank you."
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 11 Mar 2017
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Site for proposed new war memorial area (3), The Leys, Witney, Oxon
The white markings show where the various elements of the memorial will be installed. However at this stage it is difficult to envisage quite what is intended.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 11 Mar 2017
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Progress on new war memorial (February 2018), The Leys, Witney, Oxon
During February 2018 progress was being made in the construction of the new war memorial in The Leys.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 18 Feb 2018
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Apartments in Buttercross Lane, Witney, Oxon
Modern apartments in Buttercross Lane seen from Station Lane.
Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 30 Mar 2018
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