Great Milton

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Coordinates: 51°43′12″N 1°05′13″W / 51.720°N 1.087°W / 51.720; -1.087

Great Milton
Parish church of St. Mary the Virgin
Great Milton  Great Milton shown within Oxfordshire
Population	2,500
OS grid reference	SP630028
Parish	Great Milton
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oxford
Postcode district	OX44
Dialling code	01844
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Henley
Website	Great Milton
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Great Milton is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Oxford.

History

The toponym appears to refer to the "Middle Town" of a group. The Domesday Book refers to the village as "Middleton", and mentions two water-mills.

Parish Church

The nave and chancel of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary were built shortly after the Norman Conquest of England. The building was damaged by fire in the 13th century. During the 14th century the chancel was enlarged and the north and south aisles were added. At this time the church served a parish including the villages of Chilworth Valery and Chilworth Muzzard, the hamlets of Combe and Little Milton, and the Manor of Ascott. In 1850 St. Mary's was restored at a cost of £2,000.

Amenities

The village is the home of French chef Raymond Blanc's restaurant and hotel, Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. The village also has a public house, the Bull Inn.

Notable residents

• John Thurloe, Secretary of State under Oliver Cromwell
• Sir Tim Rice
• Raymond Blanc
• Bill Clinton, as a student at University College, Oxford.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

• Lobel, Mary D. (ed.) (1962). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 7: Thame and Dorchester Hundreds. pp. 117–146. 
• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 620–623. ISBN 0 14 071045 0. 

External links

• Great Milton Bellringers
• Great Milton Parish Church

References

Great Milton post office

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