Sunningwell
Coordinates: 51°42′04″N 1°16′59″W / 51.701°N 1.283°W
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 Sunningwell
Sunningwell shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 1,554 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP4900 |
| Civil parish | Sunningwell |
| District | Vale of White Horse |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Abingdon |
| Postcode district | OX13 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Website | Sunningwell Parish Council |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Sunningwell is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Oxford, England. The parish includes the village of Bayworth and the eastern part of Boars Hill. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Sunningwell is notable for the successful campaign run by parishioners against the plans to develop Metropolitan Green Belt land surrounding the village and elsewhere in Oxfordshire.
The Flowing Well public house with beer garden is a well known destination for walkers.
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[edit] Parish church
The Church of England parish church of St Leonard is largely 15th century but parts are earlier. The west porch is said to have been given by John Jewel, later Bishop of Salisbury, who was rector here in about 1551. There is a stained glass east window by J.P. Seddon, a friend of William Morris, who restored the church in 1877.[2] The church is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
Samuel Fell was rector here from 1625 to 1649.
For more about St Leonard's Church visit www.stleonardsunningwell.org.uk
[edit] Art school
Near the parish church is Sunningwell Art School.Their website is this:http://www.artschool.org.uk/
[edit] References
- ^ "Area: Sunningwell CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798764&c=Sunningwell&d=16&e=15&g=481171&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1240914182032&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ Pevsner, 1966, page 234
- ^ Images of England website
[edit] Sources and further reading
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 423–427. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62743.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 234–235.
[edit] External links
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