Coordinates: 51°47′49″N 1°10′59″W / 51.797°N 1.183°W
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 Beckley shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Parish | Beckley and Stowood |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode district | OX3 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Beckley is a village in the civil parish of Beckley and Stowood, overlooking Otmoor to the north. The village is about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford. It is noted for its towering TV relay mast.
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History
Nearby the remains of a Roman Villa have been found, artefacts from which are held in the Ashmolean Museum.
The Church of England parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgon Mary was originally Norman, but was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries.[1]
The manor of Beckley was once held by the Izard family, who bought the rectory in 1568.[2] Memorials in Beckley church to the family include one dedicated to John Izard, 'Spanish merchant,' who died in 1694.[3] Dorothy Izard of this family married the Rev. Nicholas Levet (Levett), minister of Westbourne, West Sussex and fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, who is buried in the chancel of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.[4] The Izard family eventually sold the rectory in which they had resided to the Duke of Bedford[5] The Izard family also held the nearby manor of Charlton-on-Otmoor.[6][7]
Amenities
Beckley has a village hall, farm shop and gastropub, the Abingdon Arms.[8]
Sources
- Lobel, Mary D. (1957). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon Hundred. pp. 56-76.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 447-449. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
References
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 447
- ^ The Visitations of the county of Oxford taken in the years 1566, Richard Lee, William Harvey, 1871
- ^ History of Beckley
- ^ Oxford Historical Society, 1894
- ^ A guide to the architectural antiquities in the neighbourhood of Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1846
- ^ Charlton-on-Otmoor, A History of the County of Oxford, Victoria County History, 1959, British History Online
- ^ A guide to the architectural antiquities in the neighbourhood of Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1846
- ^ The Abingdon Arms
See also
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