Wroxton
Coordinates: 52°04′26″N 1°24′00″W / 52.074°N 1.400°W
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 Wroxton
Wroxton shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 530 (parish, including Balscote) (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP4141 |
| Civil parish | Wroxton |
| District | Cherwell |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Banbury |
| Postcode district | OX15 |
| Dialling code | 01295 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Banbury |
| Website | Wroxton & Balscote Community Web Site |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Wroxton is a village and civil parish in the north of Oxfordshire about 3 miles (5 km) west of Banbury.
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[edit] Wroxton Abbey
Wroxton Abbey is a Jacobean country house on the site of a former Augustinian priory.[2]
[edit] Churches
Wroxton is recorded as having a church in 1217, but the present Church of England parish church of All Saints is early 14th century. A Perpendicular Gothic clerestory and porch were added early in the 15th century. The bell tower was added in 1748, paid for by Lord North, who owned Wroxton Abbey.[3] The tower has a ring of five bells, all cast by Henry I Bagley of Chacombe in 1676.[4] All Saints is now one of eight ecclesiastical parishes in the Ironstone Benefice.[5]
The Roman Catholic church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury was built in 1894. It is unusual in having a thatched roof.
Goodman Methodist Church was built in 1935. It is a member of Banbury Methodist Circuit.
[edit] Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway
An ironstone quarry northwest of the village was opened in 1917 and worked heavily during the Second World War. It had its own railway, the Oxfordshire Ironstone Railway, that linked it to the Great Western Railway near Banbury. The quarry and its railway closed in 1967. A newer quarry close by is now served by road haulage only.
[edit] Amenities
Wroxton has two public houses: the North Arms in Mills Lane controlled by Greene King Brewery[6] and the White Horse Inn on Stratford Road. There is also the Wroxton House Hotel, owned by Best Western.[7]
Wroxton Church of England Primary School is in Lampitts Green.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ "Area: Wroxton CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798613&c=Wroxton&d=16&e=15&g=480267&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1268098988937&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 862.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 860–861.
- ^ Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers
- ^ St Peter's Church Hanwell: The Ironstone Benefice Churches
- ^ The North Arms
- ^ Wroxton House Hotel
- ^ Wroxton C of E Primary School
[edit] Sources
- Lobel, Mary D; Crossley, Alan, eds. (1969). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 9. Victoria County History. pp. 171–188.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 860–862. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
[edit] External links
Media related to Wroxton at Wikimedia Commons
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