Archive - A Shepherd's Stone

A tale of two Christmases

Victorian yuletide in Great Rollright

Dec 22, 2024 •

May 2024

May Day, Great Rollright, 1907

Spring festivals – from Beltane to Empire Day

May 5, 2024 •

April 2024

March 2024

The shepherd’s stroll

A guided walk around Great Rollright

Mar 31, 2024 •

The mystery of the missing son

The fate of John Withers, the shepherd’s eldest son

Mar 24, 2024 •

Lamb-tail pie and other farmhouse fare

Traditional Oxfordshire country cooking

Mar 17, 2024 •

The Great Rollright historian: Reginald Welbury Jeffery (1877–1956)

From Oxford fellowship to 'incapacitation'

Mar 10, 2024 •

Lambing the 19th-century way

Spring time in Great Rollright

Mar 3, 2024 •

February 2024

What happened to all the women?

Retrieving the lost lives of Great Rollright

Feb 25, 2024 •

7 best shepherd paintings

Over a thousand years of pastoral scenes

Feb 18, 2024 •

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