The Building of St Edward's School: A Chronology (1870 - 2020)

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ABOVE : ‘T HE D OOMED T REES ’ , PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY W ILFRID C OWELL IN 1893, FROM THE W OODSTOCK R OAD LOOKING NORTH - EAST . T HESE TREES WERE ABOUT TO BE CHOPPED DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR PAVEMENTS BELOW : V IEW FROM W ILFRID C OWELL ’ S R OOM IN THE L ODGE C . 1890 LOOKING WEST OVER THE ‘K EBLE F IELDS ’. T HE SHEEP IN THE RIGHT BACKGROUND WERE THE PROPERTY OF LOCAL BUTCHER L INDSAY WHO HAD A COVERED SHOP IN O XFORD . E VERY S UNDAY , HE COUNTED THE SHEEP THEN READ HIS B IBLE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE S CHOOL P AVILION