Broadwell, Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°44′10″N 1°38′31″W / 51.736°N 1.642°W / 51.736; -1.642

Broadwell
Broadwell  Broadwell shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP2503
Parish	Broadwell
District	West Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lechlade
Postcode district	GL7
Dialling code	01367
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Witney
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Broadwell is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Carterton in West Oxfordshire.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter is a late Norman church built in about AD 1190.^[1] In about 1250 the octagonal bell tower and spire were built, the north and south transepts were added, the chancel remodelled and an arch was inserted in the north wall of the chancel, linking it to a new north chapel.^[1] The south wall of the chancel has also a window added early in the 14th century.^[1] An arch linking the north transept and chapel was inserted in the Perpendicular Gothic style.^[1] In the 15th century a stair-turret was added to reach a room over the north transept.^[1] The architect E.G. Bruton restored the church in 1873.^[2] The tower has a peal of five bells, but currently they are unringable.

RAF Broadwell

RAF Broadwell was an airfield 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Broadwell, actually in the adjacent parish of Kencot. The airfield was in service from 1943 until 1947^[3] and was used by Royal Air Force Transport Command.^[4]

Amenities

Broadwell has a public house, the Five Bells.

Sources

Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 488–490. ISBN 0 14 071045 0. 

References

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