Sutton Wick
Appearance
Sutton Wick | |
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Bridleway to Sutton Wick | |
OS grid reference | SU480945 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Abingdon |
Postcode district | OX14 |
Dialling code | 01235 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Drayton near Abingdon |
Sutton Wick is a hamlet contiguous with the village of Drayton in Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Air crash
A Blackburn Beverley C.Mk 1 heavy transport aircraft on a flight from RAF Abingdon crashed at Sutton Wick on 5 March 1957. All but four of the 22 people aboard were killed in the accident, and two people were killed on the ground.[1]
References
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 6 January 2010.