Name
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Date(s)
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Notable for
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Address
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Unveiling
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Mont Abbott
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1902–1989
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Carter, shepherd, and storyteller
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Biddy’s Bottom, Fulwell
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23 June 2007
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Sir Patrick Abercrombie
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1879–1957
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Town Planner
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Red House, Aston Upthorpe
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15 July 2023
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Ælfric Grammaticus
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c.950–1010
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Scholar and teacher, first Abbot of Eynsham
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Bartholomew Room, The Square, Eynsham
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1 July 2022
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John Alder
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1715–1780
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Lottery winner and public benefactor
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The Mitre Inn, now 39 Stert Street, Abingdon-on-Thames
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24 April 2003
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H. H. Asquith
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1852–1928
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Prime Minister
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43 Church Street, Sutton Courtenay
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30 June 2012
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Alice Maud Batt
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1889–1969
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VAD, Albert Medal holder
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Batt House, 16 Market Square, Witney
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1 October 2022
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Thomas Beecham
|
1820–1907
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Manufacturer of patent medicines
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Beecham Cottage, Curbridge
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21 May 2022
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Lord Berners
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1883–1950
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Composer, writer, artist, and eccentric
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Faringdon Folly Tower, Faringdon
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6 April 2013
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Sir John Betjeman
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1906–1984
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Poet, writer, and broadcaster
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Garrards Farmhouse, Uffington
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24 June 2006
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Sir William Blackstone
|
1723–1780
|
Judge and jurist
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The Town Hall, Wallingford
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1 October 2009
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Janet Heatley Blunt
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1859–1950
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Folk song and morris dance collector
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Le Hall Place, Manor Road, Adderbury
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27 September 2009
|
Henry Boddington
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1813–1886
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Founder of Boddington’s Brewery
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14 (54) Wellington Street (site of former workhouse), Thame
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14 April 2011
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Edmund Bradstock
|
1550–1607
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Benefactor to Appleford-on-Thames and Sutton Courtenay
|
Orchard House, Church Street, Appleford-on-Thames
|
3 June 2017
|
William Buckland
|
1784–1856
|
Geologist
|
The Old Rectory, Islip
|
10 August 2008
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Alfredo Campoli
|
1906–1991
|
Violinist
|
39 North Street, Thame
|
14 April 2011
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William Carter
|
1852–1921
|
Founder of Carterton
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Carterton Town Hall, Carterton
|
30 March 2004
|
Robin Cavendish
|
1930–1994
|
Responaut, champion of the severely disabled
|
The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Drayton St Leonard
|
16 June 2019
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|
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Winterbrook House, Cholsey
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8 May 2010
|
|
|
- Magazine at Burford
- Founding editor
|
Greyhounds, Ship Street, Burford
|
22 June 2014
|
Sir Stafford Cripps
|
1889–1952
|
Politician and benefactor
|
The Village Centre, Filkins
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7 July 2007
|
Wytton Perowne D'Arcy Dalton
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1893–1981
|
Champion and protector of Public Rights of Way
|
The Limes (formerly Wyverns), Lower End, Great Milton
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18 August 2017
|
General Sir Kenneth Darling
|
1909–1998
|
Soldier and General
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Vicarage Farmhouse, Alchester Road, Chesterton
|
4 July 2015
|
William Henry Dines
|
1855–1927
|
Pioneering meteorologist
|
The Old Barn, Brook Street, Benson
|
9 June 2018
|
Charles Early
|
1824–1912
|
Blanket manufacturer
|
Witney Mill, Mill Street, Witney
|
24 April 2009
|
Frederick Etchells
|
1886–1973
|
Artist, architect, writer
|
The Thatched Cottage, West Challow
|
20 July 2024
|
Raymond ffennell
|
1871–1944
|
Philanthropist (with his wife Hope and daughter Hazel)
|
Hill End Centre, Farmoor
|
20 August 2016
|
James Figg
|
1684–1734
|
Prize fighter
|
James Figg pub (formerly the Greyhound Inn), Cornmarket, Thame
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14 April 2011
|
Sir Terry Frost
|
1915–2003
|
Abstract artist
|
2 Old Parr Street, Banbury
|
15 July 2017
|
Humphrey Gainsborough
|
1718–1776
|
Innovative engineer
|
Christ Church United Reformed Church, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames
|
1 September 2002
|
Elizabeth Goudge
|
1900–1984
|
Artist
|
Rose Cottage, Rotherfield Peppard
|
19 April 2008
|
Kenneth Grahame
|
1859–1932
|
Author
|
Boham's House, Westbrook Street, Blewbury
|
25 May 2012
|
Robert Graves
|
1895–1985
|
Poet and writer
|
World’s End, Collice Street, Islip
|
18 May 2014
|
|
|
- Politician and author
- Conservationist and public servant
|
St Amand's House, Church Street, East Hendred
|
16 September 2023
|
Larcum Kendall
|
1721–1795
|
Watchmaker
|
The Post Office (near site of cottage), 8 Market Street, Charlbury
|
3 May 2014
|
Cecil Kimber
|
1888–1845
|
Creator of the MG marque
|
Boundary House, Oxford Road, Abingdon-on-Thames
|
4 October 2014
|
Frank Howard Kirby
|
1871–1956
|
Royal Engineers and RAF
|
Wavertree, 18 Lower High Street, Thame
|
10 September 2021
|
|
- 1625–c.1670
- 1640–1711
- 1650–1722
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Eminent clockmakers
|
The Church Room, Claydon
|
25 September 2010
|
F. W. T. C. Lascelles
|
1875–1934
|
Pageant master
|
The Manor, Sibford Gower
|
24 October 2003
|
William Logsdail
|
1859–1944
|
Artist
|
The Manor House, Noke
|
13 July 2013
|
William Penney, Baron Penney
|
1909–1991
|
Mathematical physicist and public servant
|
Orchard House, Cat Street, East Hendred
|
8 August 2014
|
William Potts
|
1868–1949
|
Author and editor of the Banbury Guardian
|
Former printing works, 16 Parson Street, Banbury
|
30 April 2002
|
Arthur Edwin Preston
|
1852–1942
|
Mayor, antiquarian, and historian of Abingdon
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Whitefield, Park Crescent, Abingdon-on-Thames
|
12 June 2015
|
Barbara Pym
|
1913–1980
|
Novelist
|
Barn Cottage, Finstock
|
1 September 2006
|
Ripon Hall, Oxford
|
1933–1975
|
Former Church of England Theological College
|
Foxcome Hall, Boars Hill
|
27 May 2004
|
Francis Edward Robinson
|
1833–1910
|
Clergyman and doyen of bell ringers
|
St Peter’s Church, Drayton, Abingdon-on-Thames
|
22 May 2016
|
L. T. C. Rolt
|
1910–1974
|
Engineering historian, champion of Inland Waterways
|
Tooley's Boatyard, Banbury
|
7 August 2010
|
Sir Bernhard Samuelson
|
1820–1905
|
Industrialist and educationist
|
Mechanics Institute, now Banbury Library, Marlborough Road, Banbury
|
30 April 2002
|
Samuel Edgar Saunders
|
1857–1933
|
Boat builder and engineer, pioneer of air and marine craft
|
Former boathouse and showroom by bridge, Goring-on-Thames
|
7 September 2013
|
Freydis Sharland
|
1920–2014
|
‘Spitfire Girl’, Air Transport Auxiliary
|
Chalkstone Cottage, 40 Brook Street, Benson, Oxfordshire
|
18 May 2024
|
James Allen Shuffrey
|
1859–1939
|
Artist
|
7 Narrow Hill, Woodgreen, Witney
|
17 May 2008
|
James Allen Shuffrey
|
1859–1939
|
Artist
|
7 Narrow Hill, Woodgreen, Witney
|
17 May 2008
|
Patrick Steptoe
|
1913–1988
|
Gynaecologist, pioneer of IVF
|
52 West End, Witney
|
5 May 2019
|
Revd Edward Stone
|
1702–1768
|
Discoverer of aspirin
|
Hitchman’s Brewery, Chipping Norton
|
1 October 2003
|
Sir Montagu Stopford
|
1892–1971
|
Burma Campaign
|
Rock Hill, Chipping Norton
|
8 July 2008
|
Reginald Tiddy
|
1880–1916
|
Collector of folk plays and local benefactor
|
Tiddy Hall, Ascott-under-Wychwood
|
8 September 2012
|
Jethro Tull
|
1674–1741
|
Inventor of the seed drill
|
19A The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford
|
17 September 2002
|
Daniel Turner
|
1710–1798
|
Baptist minister, theologian, hymn writer
|
35 Ock Street, Abingdon-on-Thames
|
17 July 2011
|
Westfield House
|
1937–1939
|
Refuge for Basque Children
|
Bampton Road, Aston
|
17 July 2003
|
Alfred White
|
1804–1876
|
Innkeeper, church bellhanger, founder of Whites of Appleton
|
The Greyhound, Besselsleigh
|
26 July 2014
|
Wytham Woods
|
1942
|
Bequest
|
Keeper’s Hill Car Park, Wytham
|
7 October 2017
|