Kingston Bagpuize

Coordinates: 51°40′55″N 1°24′47″W / 51.682°N 1.413°W / 51.682; -1.413

Kingston Bagpuize
Kingston Bagpuize  Kingston Bagpuize shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU4098
Parish	Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
District	Vale of White Horse
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Abingdon
Postcode district	OX13
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
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List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Kingston Bagpuize (pronounced /ˈkɪŋstən ˈbæɡpjuːz/^[1] or 'bagpews') is a village in the civil parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes.

Geography

The village is adjacent to the junction of the A420 (Oxford - Swindon) and A415 (Abingdon - Witney) main roads. It is contiguous with Southmoor village to the west and about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Longworth village.

History

The name Kingston Bagpuize is derived from the village's original name Kingston and the Anglicisation of Ralph-de-Bagpuis, a Norman nobleman who aided William of Normandy in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was built in 1799-1800.^[2] The Gothic Revival architect Edwin Dolby added an apse and made other alterations to the building in 1882.^[2]

Kingston Bagpuize House^[3] appears to have been built in about 1720.^[2] In the 20th century it was the home of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, the son of the nvelist John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

During the Second World War there was a satellite airfield of RAF Abingdon 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.^{[citation needed]}

Amenities

Kingston Bagpuize Cricket Club^[4] plays in The Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League.^[5] Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor have a bowls club^[6] and a Women's Institute.^[7] Kingston Bagpuize has an Amateur theatre group.^[8]

Sources

• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 160. 

External links

• Kingston Bagpuize - a Village Snapshot

References

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