Alvescot
Coordinates: 51°44′31″N 1°35′28″W / 51.742°N 1.591°W
| Alvescot | |
 Parish church of St. Peter |
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 Alvescot
Alvescot shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 412 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP2704 |
| Civil parish | Alvescot |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bampton |
| Postcode district | OX18 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| Website | Alvescot village |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Alvescot is a village and civil parish about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Carterton, Oxfordshire.
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[edit] History
The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter dates from the 13th century.[2] The Perpendicular Gothic bell tower has a peal of six bells.[3]
Alvescot used to have a Baptist congregation. Its former chapel is now a private house.[4] There was also a Methodist congregation, but its chapel was demolished in the 1990s.[4]
In 1873 the East Gloucestershire Railway between Fairford and Witney was opened. It provided Alvescot railway station just outside the village on the road to Black Bourton. The Great Western Railway took over the line in 1890 and British Railways closed it in 1962.
[edit] Amenities
Alvescot has one public house, the Plough Inn.
Alvescot has a Church of England infants' school.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d73ec370d62b6f4444bc01a4cf1c94ffa8?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790500&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=true&nswid=1020. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 421
- ^ Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, Witney & Woodstock Branch: Alvescot
- ^ a b Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels: Alvescot
- ^ St. Peter's Church of England Infant School
[edit] Sources & further reading
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 421–422. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- Townley, Simon C. (ed.); Colvin, Christina; Cragoe, Carol; Ortenberg, Veronica; Peberdy, R.B.; Selwyn, Nesta; Williamson, Elizabeth (2006). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 15: Bampton Hundred (Part Three). Victoria County History. pp. 8–37.
[edit] External links
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