Roger Sweet's Pictures of Fringford

Pretty thatched cottages in Main Street, Fringford

The novelist Flora Thompson spent her childhood and early life in Fringford and the nearby hamlets of Juniper Hill and Cottisford which are a little to the north of Fringford. In her trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford she recalls her childhood in Juniper Hill (Lark Rise) and at school in Cottisford (Fordlow) before moving to Fringford (Candleford Green) where she worked in the village post office from 1891 to 1897. Her fictitious town of Candleford is thought to be a combination of the nearby towns Banbury, Bicester and Buckingham.

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Fringford, English Cottages

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The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Fringford

The parish church is the Church of St. Michael and All Angels which stands on the site of an early Saxon wooden building. The earliest part of the present stone church dates from the early 12th century. In the North Aisle there is a large wall painting which dates from 1902 and which was restored in 2003. The church was largely rebuilt in the 19th century.

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Fringford, Churches, Oxfordshire Churches

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An attractive thatch-roofed pump in Main Street, Fringford

The novelist Flora Thompson spent her childhood and early life in Fringford and the nearby hamlets of Juniper Hill and Cottisford which are a little to the north of Fringford. In her trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford she recalls her childhood in Juniper Hill (Lark Rise) and at school in Cottisford (Fordlow) before moving to Fringford (Candleford Green) where she worked in the village post office from 1891 to 1897. Her fictitious town of Candleford is thought to be a combination of the nearby towns Banbury, Bicester and Buckingham.

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Fringford, Buildings and Structures, Village Scenes

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Main Street, Fringford

The novelist Flora Thompson spent her childhood and early life in Fringford and the nearby hamlets of Juniper Hill and Cottisford which are a little to the north of Fringford. In her trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford she recalls her childhood in Juniper Hill (Lark Rise) and at school in Cottisford (Fordlow) before moving to Fringford (Candleford Green) where she worked in the village post office from 1891 to 1897. Her fictitious town of Candleford is thought to be a combination of the nearby towns Banbury, Bicester and Buckingham.

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Fringford

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 500D

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