EWELME STORIES
Read some of the wonderful eclectic stories about Ewelme, its history and its people written by Carol Sawbridge.
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These were originally published in the Ewelme News
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Click on the title below
The Story of the Shepherd's Hut
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The Italian Organ Grinder's Murder
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Charles Heath - Tutor to the Tsar of Russia
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Ewelme Cottage in Auckland, New Zealand
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Ewelme School in the 20th Century
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Ewelme School in Victorian Times
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John Young, a Wartime Schoolboy
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Roman Coin Finds around Ewelme
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The 1972 'Future of the Manor' Report
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Recollections of the Almshouses
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The Robins Family, Wartime Proprietors of Bennett's Shop
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Thieving and Armed Robbery in Ewelme
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Catherine Maxwell and Fred Wheeler
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Bad Weather in Victorian Times
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The Ewelme Scandal - Mr Gladstone and the Rev. Harvey
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Reminiscences of Ewelme in the 1950's and 1960's
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Riots in Ewelme
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Festive Fun? Oliver Cromwell would not approve!
​​Missing in Norway
​Remarkable life of Alice Chaucer
The Musical Ladies of Dayspring and Garden House
The Floridian Philatelist's Mystery Letter
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Village Cricket in Victorian Times
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Inhospitable Weather in Times Past
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The Norreys Family in Tudor Ewelme
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Rough Music and the Eyre Family
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Church Attendance in Past Times
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Herbert Atkinson of Prospect Farm
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The Tame Jackdaw at the Cloisters
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Thomas Chaucer and Wars in France
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Ewelme Institutions of the Past
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Ewelme Poor and Beggarbush Hill
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Col. Martyn and the English Civil War
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The Mammoth Peace Pudding of 1815
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The Cortege Drapes of Queen Victoria
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Hughenden Manor connection to RAF Benson
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The Rector versus the Rebellious Almsman
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