Church Way, Iffley

Iffley

Iffley village Church Way, Iffley

The photograph on the above postcard shows Church Way in Iffley village, looking north. This postcard is postmarked 1911, but the photograph probably dates from around 1900

A thatched cottage in Iffley, near Oxford (now 2 Mill Lane)

Someone with a fountain pen has put the date “7-7-12” on this card, so the above picture was taken before 1912. The cottage looks recently restored, with new thatch and new windows downstairs. The dry-stone wall has been finished off with a sloping brick course and brick piers for the gate.

Kelly’s Directory for 1891 lists the following inhabitants of Iffley:

Private Residents
Allen John, Wootton house
Armstrong Mrs. Elm Lodge
Bickerton Joseph Jones, The Elms
[now the Hawkwell House Hotel]
Bryning Robert, Mill hill
Carter Henry, Rose bank
Cobb Edward George, Rose hill
Edmund H.W., Rougemont
Francis Miss
Hearne Miss
Ind Major Frederick J. Nash, Court Place
Kent Miss, The Priory
Lenthall Miss, Lucia house
Lever Surgeon-Major Reginald Croft M.B.,
Denton house
Lingham Charles
Marshall Miss, Manor house
Martin Frank, Flora cottage
Owen Charles Mostyn, Wood house
Parker James, Freelands
Shipperley Mrs
Slatter Miss, Rose hill
Turner Edward Henry, Manor house
Venables Sidney, Donnington lodge
Walmsley Rev. Horatio, M.A. [vicar], The Rectory

Commercial
Belcher Charles, beer retailer
Blay Henry, carpenter
English Edwin, grocer
Gillam Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Henwood Eden, shopkeeper, Post office
Jeffries Robert Moore, miller, Iffley mill
Manders Henry, carpenter
Martin James, shoe maker
Stewart William, beer retailer, Rose hill
Taylor Walter James, Isis tavern
Thompson Arthur, King of Prussia P.H.,
Rose hill
Walter George, builder
White Edwin, butcher
White Thomas, Tree P.H.
West John, dairyman
Young George, builder, Rose hill

Historic England images

Historic England has around 150 photographs of Iffley (including Rose Hill). If you hover over the image you would like and choose “Share” followed by </> you can get the code to embed them on your website.

Here as an example is Iffley Mill in c.1898 (CC76/00065), You can view it full-screen by hovering over the image and then clicking on the symbol at the top right-hand corner: