Coordinates: 52°08′45″N 1°24′05″W / 52.14577°N 1.40132°W
| Avon Dassett | |
  Avon Dassett
Avon Dassett shown within Warwickshire |
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| Population | 210 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Avon Dassett |
| District | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Shire county | Warwickshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SOUTHAM |
| CV47 | |
| Police | Warwickshire |
| Fire | Warwickshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Warwickshire | |
Avon Dassett is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, nestling among the Burton Dassett Hills about four miles east of Kineton and seven miles north of Banbury in Oxfordshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 210.
Israel Tonge was at one stage appointed rector of Avon Dassett - although according to Tonge "illegall practices" prevented him taking up the position.[1]
Avon Carrow is located in Avon Dassett, the former residence of John Profumo, a Member of Parliament in the 1960s. He was involved in a sex and spy scandal in that era.
References
- ^ Alan Marshall, ‘Tonge, Israel (1621–1680)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004
- Warwickshire Towns & Villages, by Geoff Allen (2000) ISBN 1-85058-642-X
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