Dean Court, Oxfordshire

Dean Court is a community in Oxfordshire, England, 2 miles west of Oxford, effectively a suburb of the city. It lies in the parish of Cumnor, but it is adjacent to the village of Botley, some distance from Cumnor village. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.

History

Dean Court was first mentioned in the 14th century under the name of "La Dene", and in 1538 there was a reference to "the rectory of Dencourt". However there is no later record of the church which was evidently in the hamlet during the middle ages^[1].

Until after the Second World War Dean Court was a small hamlet on the road from Oxford to Eynsham^[2]. Development of the area started in the early 1950s, first with a housing estate called Pinnocks Way. In 1969 Deanfield Road, Broad Close and Owlington Close were built off the Eynsham Road by Wimpey Homes. The Orchard Road estate (originally marketed as "The Hawthornes") was built by Broseley Estates Limited and Costain in 1983 and later in 1985 houses were added by Thameway and Macleans. The Fogwell Road estate was built in 1985.

References

Coordinates: 51°44′55″N 1°18′30″W / 51.74861°N 1.30833°W / 51.74861; -1.30833

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