A Burned Body Found at Stadhampton
Stadhampton
What happened to Canadian student Thomas Patteson Moss remains a mystery to this day.
Jacob Barnet Flees his Own Baptism
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, High Street, Oxford
In 1612 Jewish scholar Jacob Barnet was thrown into prison for fleeing Oxford on the day of his planned Baptism ceremony.
The Hanging of a Royal Pretender and his Cat
Beaumont Street, Oxford
In 1318 John Deydras made an extraordinary claim: he had been swapped with Edward II as a baby and was the true heir to the English throne!
A Monkey at St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Church, The Green, Witney
An escaped monkey during a fair inspired this unusual addition to the spire at St. Mary's Church, Witney.
Oxford's Sheela Na Gig
St Michael at the North Gate Church, Cornmarket Street, Oxford
This explicit stone carving is an unusual addition to one of Oxford's oldest churches.
The Leper Hospital at Clattercote Priory
Clattercote Priory Farm, Claydon, Banbury
The Gilbertine Order at Clattercote provided shelter and treatment for those suffering from leprosy.
Corpse Trouble at Iffley Lock Toll
Iffley Lock, Church Way, Iffley
A superstition about corpses passing through toll gates has caused trouble for the operators of Iffley Lock toll on a number of occasions.
A Ghostly Highwayman on the B4047
B4047, between Witney and Burford.
The old Witney-Burford road is haunted by a black-clad highwayman in the garb of the 18th century.
The Ghost of Swinbrook Bridge
The Bridge, Swinbrook
Could the bridge at Swinbrook be haunted by the ghost of a young woman searching for her baby?