John Drinkwater (playwright)
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John Drinkwater was an English poet and dramatist. He was known before World War 1 as one of the Dymock poets, and his poetry was included in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry. After World War I, he
John Drinkwater in 1919.
John Drinkwater's grave at Piddington, Oxfordshire.
Piddington, Oxfordshire
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Piddington is a village and civil parish about 4.5 miles southeast of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. It lies close to the border with Buckinghamshire. Its toponym has been attributed to the Old Eng
John Drinkwater (playwright)
…Drinkwater reading his own poems (four 78 rpm sides, Cat no. D 40140-40141). John Drinkwater died in London in 1937 at the age of 54. He is buried at Piddington, Oxfordshire, where he had spent summer holidays as a child. A road in Leytonstone, formerly a 1960s council estate, is named after John Drinkwater, as is a small…
St. Nicholas' parish church
St Nicholas's parish church: ornate Decorated Gothic sedilia (seats) in the chancel
St Nicholas's parish church: medieval mural of Saint Christopher carrying Jesus Christ across a river
Piddington's former National School, built in 1863 and now a private home