Kingston Bagpuize
| Kingston Bagpuize | |
|---|---|
 St. John the Baptist parish church | |
| Population | 1,955 (parish, with Southmoor) (2001 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU4098 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Abingdon |
| Postcode district | OX13 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor |
Kingston Bagpuize /ˈkɪŋstən ˈbæɡpjuːz/[2] is a village in the civil parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire, England until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Geography
The village is next to the junction of the A420 (Oxford – Swindon) and A415 (Abingdon – Witney) main roads. It is contiguous with Southmoor village to the west and about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Longworth village.
History
The toponym Kingston Bagpuize is derived from the village's original name Kingston plus the surname of Ralph de Bachepuz, a Norman nobleman from Bacquepuis in Normandy who aided William of Normandy in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was designed by John Fidel of Faringdon and built in 1799–1800.[3] The building was remodelled in 1882 to the designs of Edwin Dolby.[3]
Kingston Bagpuize House seems to have been built in about 1720.[3] In the 20th century it was the home of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, the son of the novelist John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.
In the Second World War there was a satellite airfield of RAF Abingdon east of the village. Remnants of the control tower are still visible near the cricket club. The lower part of the avenue of trees leading down from Kingston Bagpuize House were cut down during this time for aircraft safety. Evidence of this is that the trees at the east end of the avenue are shorter.[citation needed]
The ancient parish of Kingston Bagpuize was a strip parish, extending from the River Thames in the north in a thin strip to the River Ock in the south. It became a civil parish in 1866. In 1971 it was merged with the civil parish of Draycot Moor to form the parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor.[4]
Amenities
Kingston Bagpuize Cricket Club[5] plays in The Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League.[6] Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor have a bowls club[7] and a Women's Institute.[8] Kingston Bagpuize has an amateur theatre group.[9]
Films
In 2012, the movie Tortoise in Love, was filmed in the village. The film was funded entirely with crowd funding from Kingston Bagpuize and the neighbouring village of Southmoor.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Area: Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ Muir, Jill; Muir, Barry (2001–2014). "A Snippet of Village History". Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor a village snapshot. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ a b c Pevsner 1966, p. 160.
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ Kingston Bagpuize Cricket Club
- ^ The Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League: Kingston Bagpuize Cricket Club
- ^ Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor Bowls Club
- ^ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Women's Institute
- ^ Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group
- ^ "British comedy funded by village residents to show at Cannes". The Daily Telegraph. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Distributors queue up to see small film made by an English village". The Times. 13 May 2011.
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. 349–353.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 160.
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