Milton-under-Wychwood
Coordinates: 51°52′19″N 1°33′54″W / 51.872°N 1.565°W
| Milton-under-Wychwood | |
 Road sign at one entrance to the village |
|
 Milton-under-Wychwood
Milton-under-Wychwood shown within Oxfordshire |
|
| Population | 1,558 (2001 census)[1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | SP3018 |
| Civil parish | Milton-under-Wychwood |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| Website | Milton-under-Wychwood Village Website |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Milton-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford, Oxfordshire, just off the A361 road between Burford and Chipping Norton.
Contents |
[edit] History
The village is one of three named after the ancient forest of Wychwood. The others are Shipton-under-Wychwood immediately to the east of the village and Ascott-under-Wychwood about 2 miles (3 km) away.
The Church of England parish church of St. Simon and St. Jude was built in 1853-1854 by the architect G. E. Street. Street also designed the village school (now closed) and teacher's house at the same time.[2]
Many homes were added to the village in the 1960s and 1970s, making it now the largest of the Wychwood villages in terms of land area.
[edit] Amenities and economy
The village had a public house, the Quart Pot, however the business has now been transferred to the village football pavilion.[citation needed] Wychwood public library is in a converted shop in the village.[3] The village has a Co-Operative shop.
Shipton railway station on the Cotswold Line is 1 mile (1.6 km) away.
"Milton stone" has been quarried in the area since the early 14th century.[4][5] It was used at St George's Chapel, Windsor (1478–83) and Christ Church, Oxford (1525), but was not thereafter used at Oxford until 1850.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798813&c=Great+Tew&d=16&g=481687&i=1001x1003x1006&k=headcounts&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1269378817046&enc=1&domainId=15&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 705. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
- ^ Oxfordshire County Council, Wychwood Library
- ^ "Milton Quarries, Oxfordshire". Stone in Archaeology Database. University of Southampton. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/stones_ahrb_2005/cfm/Public/details/QuarryDetails.cfm?QuarryCode=MILT. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Milton Stone: Quarries". Stone in Archaeology Database. University of Southampton. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/stones_ahrb_2005/cfm/Public/details/RockDetails.cfm?RockCode=MILTON&BCnt=3&Choice=3. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Milton Stone: Usage". Stone in Archaeology Database. University of Southampton. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/stones_ahrb_2005/cfm/Public/details/RockDetails.cfm?RockCode=MILTON&BCnt=4&Choice=4. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Milton-under-Wychwood |
 |
This Oxfordshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
