| Cuxham | |
|---|---|
 Holy Rood parish church | |
  Cuxham Location within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU6695 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Watlington |
| Postcode district | OX49 |
| Dialling code | 01491 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Cuxham is a village in the civil parish of Cuxham with Easington, in the South Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Wallingford and about 6 miles (10 km) south of Thame.
History
[edit]Cuxham was an ancient parish in the Ewelme hundred of Oxfordshire. The parish was merged for ecclesiastical purposes with neighbouring Easington in 1853. They remained separate civil parishes until 1932, when the two parishes were also united into a single civil parish called Cuxham with Easington.[1][2] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Cuxham had a population of 129.[3]
Parish church
[edit]The Church of England parish church of the Holy Rood has a Norman bell tower.[4] 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.[5] 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.[5] The Gothic Revival architect C.C. Rolfe rebuilt the chancel in 1895.[5] The Rectory is Georgian and was built about 1800.[5] Since 1983 Holy Rood has been part of a united benefice with Easington, Brightwell Baldwin and Ewelme.[6]
Mills
[edit]The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three watermills at Cuxham.[7] 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.[7] It was held by the Benedictine Wallingford Priory before Merton College, Oxford acquired the Manor of Cuxham in about 1268–71.[7] In the Middle Ages, Cutt Mill was the manorial corn mill.[8] The present mill on the site was built in the middle of the 18th century.[8]
Amenities
[edit]The Half Moon public house was built in the 17th century and extended in the 18th.[9] It is built of chalk rubble with brick quoins.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 396. ISBN 0901050679.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Cuxham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Population statistics Cuxham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 567.
- ^ a b c d Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 568.
- ^ Brightwell Baldwin: church
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Cuxham Mill (1182026)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Cutt Mill (1059752)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b Historic England. "The Half Moon Public House (1059746)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
Sources
[edit]- 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.
External links
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Media related to Cuxham at Wikimedia Commons
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