Click on the blue links to read newspaper reports of Hopcrafts 1816-1949
Courtesy of newspaper research by John Plumbe
| 1816 | 30 March | Suicide of William |
| 1856 | 26 January | John advertises the sale of 100,000 drain tiles |
| 1860 | 15 September | John is charged with calling Henry West 'a scabby rascal' |
| 1863 | 14 February | Fire at Abel's grocers and butchers shop on the High Street |
| 1890 | 23 April | Joseph's work shop hit by lightning & two men knocked down |
| 1896 | 4 June | Alfred the water diviner available for a fee of three guineas |
| 1918 | 1 August | A Banbury newspaper reports that Capt.Douglas Hopcraft has been awarded an MBE for wartime services in Italy |
| 1920 | 22 January | Douglas is invested with his MBE by Prince Henry of Gloucester |
| 1924 | 8 May | Spencer is charged with illegal movement of pigs during a Foot & Mouth disease outbreak |
| 1930 | 16 October | Joseph removes a pig without a licence |
| 1932 | 15 December | Alfred's obituary |
| 1932 | 22 December | Alice (wife of J.W. Hopcraft) dies two weeks after falling down stairs |
| 1935 | 27 February | Hopcraft farm has Foot & Mouth disease |
| 1937 | 11 March | Tyre theft from Spencer's premises |
| 1938 | 7 April | Report of Donald's death aged 14 |
| 1938 | 14 April | Report of Donald's funeral |
| 1948 | 21 January | Douglas retires and sells the business to Messrs G.L. Walker of Oxford |
| 1948 | 28 October | G.L. Walker notice of liquidation. A. Hopcraft & Son is for sale |
| 1949 | 25 August | New owner Guy H Wilsden advertises under the name of A.Hopcraft & Son |
