Kingston Blount
Kingston Blount | |
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Houses in Baker's Piece, Kingston Blount | |
OS grid reference | SU7399 |
• London | 33 miles (53 km) |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHINNOR |
Postcode district | OX39 |
Dialling code | 01844 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Aston Rowant Parish Council |
Kingston Blount is a village about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Thame in South Oxfordshire, England. The village is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Chiltern Hills escarpment. The ancient pre-Roman Ridgeway and Icknield Way pass through the parish. The Ridgeway is now a National Trail.
History
The Church of England parish church of Saint John was designed by Aston Webb and built in 1877.[1] It is red brick, has the nave and chancel under a single roof and a small south aisle.[1] The building is now a redundant church.
Cop Court is an early 18th-century house built around the remains of an earlier, probably 16th-century one.[1] On the south side is a medieval bastion from an even earlier building on the site.[1]
Economy and amenities
The village has one public house, The Cherry Tree.[2] There is a large playing field where the village's main events are held. Kingston Blount has a Point-to-point course.[3]
C.J. Day Associates is an engineering business in Kingston Blount that specialises in biomass power plant for industry. Projects include a 5 MWe tyre fuel power plant in Portugal and wood chip and waste fuel projects in the UK.[citation needed] Current projects include proposed power stations in Bishops Castle and Tenbury Wells, both of which have attracted criticism.[4][5][6] Chris Day gave evidence on the subject to Parliament in 2004.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 675.
- ^ The Cherry Tree
- ^ Kingston Blount Point to Point
- ^ "Fears over power plant disruption". BBC News Online. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ Bishop's Castle Group — The Community Against a Planned Biomass Incinerator
- ^ Fry, Clare (10 August 2007). "Protestors Concern over Power Plant". Worcester News. Worcester: Newsquest. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Examination of Witnesses (Questions 240 - 259)". House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology Minutes of evidence. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
Sources and further reading
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1964). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8: Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. Victoria County History. pp. 16–43.
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