Kingston Bagpuize

Kingston Bagpuize (pronounced /ˈkɪŋstən ˈbægpjuːz/^[1] or 'bagpews') is a village in the civil parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, part of the Vale of the White Horse in the English county of Oxfordshire.

Geography

The village is on the junction of the A420 (Oxford to Swindon) and A415 (Abingdon to Witney) roads. It is closely located and related to Southmoor and, less so, to Longworth. The village contains Kingston Bagpuize House, the former residence of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, the son of the well known novelist of the same name.

History

The name Kingston Bagpuize is derived from the village's original name Kingston and the Anglicisation of Ralph-de-Bagpuis, a French nobleman who assisted William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066.

During the Second World War, there was a satellite airfield of RAF Abingdon situated to the west of the village. Remnants of the control tower are still visible near the cricket club. The lower section of the avenue of trees leading down from Kingston Bagpuize House were cut down during this time for aircraft safety.

References

External links

• KBS Online, community website
• Kingston Bagpuize House
• Kingston Bagpuize - a Village Snapshot
• Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group
• Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor Bowls Club

v • d • e The District of the Vale of White Horse Oxfordshire • County Council elections • District Council elections • Wantage County Constituency • Oxford West and Abingdon County Constituency Towns Abingdon (Caldecott) • Faringdon • Wantage (Belmont) Large Villages Blewbury • Chilton • Cumnor (Chilswell, Cumnor Hill, Dean Court, Farmoor, Swinford) • Drayton • East Challow • East Hendred • Grove • Harwell • Kennington • Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (Kingston Bagpuize, Southmoor) • Marcham • North Hinksey (Botley, Harcourt Hill) • Radley • St. Helen Without • Shrivenham • Stanford in the Vale (Bow) • Steventon • Sunningwell (Bayworth, Boars Hill, Foxcombe Hill) • Sutton Courtenay • Wootton (Dry Sandford, Cothill, Henwood, Lamborough Hill) Other Civil Parishes (Component Villages and Hamlets) Appleford-on-Thames • Appleton-with-Eaton (Appleton, Eaton) • Ardington (Ardington Wick) • Ashbury • Baulking • Besselsleigh • Bourton • Buckland (Gainfield) • Buscot • Charney Bassett • Childrey • Coleshill • Compton Beauchamp • Denchworth • East Hanney • Eaton Hastings • Fernham • Frilford • Fyfield and Tubney (Fyfield, Tubney, Netherton) • Garford • Goosey • Great Coxwell • Hatford (Little Hatford) • Hinton Waldrist (Duxford) • Kingston Lisle • Letcombe Bassett • Letcombe Regis • Little Coxwell • Littleworth • Lockinge (East Lockinge, West Lockinge) • Longcot • Longworth (Southmoor) • Lyford • Milton • Pusey • Shellingford • South Hinksey • Sparsholt • Uffington • Upton • Watchfield • West Challow • West Hanney • West Hendred • Woolstone • Wytham (Seacourt) Former Districts and Boroughs Municipal Borough of Abingdon • Abingdon Rural District • Faringdon Rural District • Wantage Urban District • Wantage Rural District Former Constituencies Oxfordshire County Constituency • Abingdon Borough Constituency • Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency • Abingdon County Constituency List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire • List of places in Oxfordshire • List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°41′N 1°25′W / 51.683°N 1.417°W / 51.683; -1.417

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