Witney

Drill hall, Corn Exchange, Market square

  • Drill Station 'B' Squadron Oxfordshire Hussars
  • Detachment of A Squadron. [1]
  • 4th Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (F Co.) [2]
  • 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry (F Co.) [1]
[1] Kelly, 1895
[2] Kelly, 1911


Kelly, 1911, notes: '4th Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (F Co.), Drill hall, Corn Exchange, Market square.' (Please see photograph.)

According to a plaque on its exterior wall, the Langdale Hall was “built as a Drill Hall for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (TA) in 1927. Now administered by the Town Council as a public hall.”

We have included these pictures for record purposes, although the building falls outside the remit of the Drill Hall Project. In later years, the Drill Hall was converted into a hall for public use and renamed the Langdale Hall. It is apparently well used for public events, dances and social occasions.

Langdale Hall - Front Elevation



Langdale Hall - Side Elevation



Plaqu attached to Langdale Hall



Corn Exchange adjacent to Langdale Hall


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