Cuxham
Human settlement in England
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Holy Rood parish church
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Location within
Oxfordshire
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OS grid reference | SU6695 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Watlington |
Postcode district | OX49 |
Dialling code | 01491 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
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Cuxham is an English village in the civil parish of Cuxham with Easington in South Oxfordshire . It is about 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Wallingford and about 6 miles (10 km) south of Thame .
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of the Holy Rood has a Norman bell tower . [1] The Gothic windows on the north side of the nave were inserted in the 14th century and some of the windows in the tower were added in the 15th century. [2] The windows on the south side of the nave were probably inserted in the 17th century and the church was heavily restored in the 18th century. [2] The Gothic Revival architect C.C. Rolfe rebuilt the chancel in 1895. [2] The Rectory is Georgian and was built about 1800. [2] Since 1983 Holy Rood has been part of a united benefice with Easington , Brightwell Baldwin and Ewelme . [3]
Mills
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three watermills at Cuxham. [4] The present Cuxham Mill was built in about the middle of the 18th century on the site of one of those recorded in the Domesday Book. [4] It was held by the Benedictine Wallingford Priory before Merton College, Oxford acquired the Manor of Cuxham in about 1268–71. [4] In the Middle Ages, Cutt Mill was the manorial corn mill. [5] The present mill on the site was built in the middle of the 18th century. [5]
Amenities
The Half Moon public house was built in the 17th century and extended in the 18th. [6] It is built of chalk rubble with brick quoins . [6] Recently modernised, it is now a pizzeria and gastropub . [7]
References
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974 , p. 567.
- 1 2 3 4 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974 , p. 568.
- ↑ Brightwell Baldwin: church
- 1 2 3 Historic England . "Cuxham Mill (1182026)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2012 .
- 1 2 Historic England . "Cutt Mill (1059752)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2012 .
- 1 2 Historic England . "The Half Moon Public House (1059746)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 January 2012 .
- ↑ The Half Moon at Cuxham
Sources
- Harvey, P.D.A. (1965). An Oxfordshire Village: Cuxham 1240 to 1400 . Oxford Historical Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press .
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire . The Buildings of England . Harmondsworth: Penguin Books . pp. 567–568. ISBN 978-0-14-071045-8 .
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