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Swinford Museum occupies a 17th century cottage in Filkins and stands alongside the former village lock-up. George Swinford founded the museum in 1931 with the help of [[Sir Stafford Cripps]]. |
Swinford Museum occupies a 17th century cottage in Filkins and stands alongside the former village lock-up. George Swinford founded the museum in 1931 with the help of [[Sir Stafford Cripps]]. |
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In 2007, the Filkins estate, which was bequeathed by Sir John Cripps (son of the post-war Labour minister Sir Stafford Cripps) and his executors following his death in 1993, but which had been partly passed over to the '''[[Ernest Cook]] Trust''' <ref>http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/estates/oxon/index.html</ref> |
In 2007, the Filkins estate, which was bequeathed by Sir John Cripps (son of the post-war Labour minister Sir Stafford Cripps) and his executors following his death in 1993, but which had been partly passed over to the '''[[Ernest Cook]] Trust''' <ref>[http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk/estates/oxon/index.html The Filkins Estate and the Ernest Cook Trust]</ref> |
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since then, was fully transferred to the Trust's portfolio. Situated on the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border, the Filkins Estate comprises one 500 acre farm and a number of cottages, with a small area of commercial units housing the Cotswold Woollen Weavers and Filkins Stone Company. |
since then, was fully transferred to the Trust's portfolio. Situated on the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border, the Filkins Estate comprises one 500 acre farm and a number of cottages, with a small area of commercial units housing the Cotswold Woollen Weavers and Filkins Stone Company. |
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Revision as of 11:01, 8 January 2010
Filkins is a village in the civil parish of Filkins and Broughton Poggs, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Carterton in Oxfordshire.
History
The Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street built the Church of England parish church of Saint Peter in 1855-1857.[1] The Methodist chapel was dedicated in 1833.[2]
Swinford Museum occupies a 17th century cottage in Filkins and stands alongside the former village lock-up. George Swinford founded the museum in 1931 with the help of Sir Stafford Cripps.
In 2007, the Filkins estate, which was bequeathed by Sir John Cripps (son of the post-war Labour minister Sir Stafford Cripps) and his executors following his death in 1993, but which had been partly passed over to the Ernest Cook Trust [3] since then, was fully transferred to the Trust's portfolio. Situated on the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border, the Filkins Estate comprises one 500 acre farm and a number of cottages, with a small area of commercial units housing the Cotswold Woollen Weavers and Filkins Stone Company.
Amenities
Filkins has a public house, the Five Alls.[4] The village has a club-owned outdoor swimming pool which is open from May until September.[citation needed] Next to it are the village shop, post office and bowls club. The village also houses the 18th century Cotswold Woollen Weavers[clarification needed] , who set up business there in the 1980s, and has a theatre club.[citation needed]
Sources
- Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 604. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
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References
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 604
- ^ Filkins Methodist chapel webpage on Filkins & Broughton Poggs website
- ^ The Filkins Estate and the Ernest Cook Trust
- ^ The Five Alls
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