Entrance to the village via Magpie Road

 

Madam’s Close in Spring

 

The ancient village stocks

 

Village walking group in Manor Road.

 

Church of St James the Less

 

Park Lane, formerly and more accurately known as Dark Lane

 

The village from the north

 

The Star Inn

 

The Village Community Shop and Post Office

 

Sulgrave Manor, in Tudor times the home of George Washington’s ancestors

 

Croquet on the Manor Lawn

 

The Herb Society’s National Herb Garden at Sulgrave Manor

 

 

Morris dancing in the courtyard of Sulgrave Manor

 

The American flag is ceremonially lowered at the end of a day celebrating USA Independence

 

The village from a footpath leading southwards

 

A peaceful minor road leading northwards from the village

 

Wisteria Cottage, Helmdon Road.

 

View eastwards from the village

 

Helmdon Road after December snowfall with Christmas decoration on telephone pole

 

Christmas decorations erected around the village every December

 

Carol singing around the village

 

Village fete in the gardens of The Old Farmhouse

 

Every second year, selected village gardens are open to the public, such as…..

 

….Mill Hollow Barn, the site of the former Mill Pond….

 

….and Sunnymead adjoining the Church of St James the Less

 

Garden visitors at Eagle House

 

Grafton Team Chase Event, held every autumn in the countryside to the north of the village

 

The traditional Sulgrave Mummers’ Play, performed on Castle Green

 

Annual ploughing competition in the fields on the edge of the village

 

The Star Inn has an “Aunt Sally” team, competing in this traditional Oxfordshire game with other local inns.

 

Autumn on Barrow HIll, on high ground to the north of the village

 

View down to the village from the footpath to Barrow Hill

 

View eastwards across the Northamptonshire countryside from Barrow Hill

 

Madam’s Close and the Thatched Cottages in Autumn

 

Each December evening, from the 1st up to Christmas Eve, an “Advent Calendar Window” is unveiled…..

 

…all are welcome, to admire the inspirations and ingenuity (and the mulled wine and mice pies!)

 

Mist among the trees to the east of the village….

 

….and sunset over the Church of St James the Less.