Coordinates: 51°39′59″N 1°20′38″W / 51.6664°N 1.3438°W
| Marcham | |
  Marcham
 Marcham shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 2,000 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Marcham |
| 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 | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Wantage |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Marcham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is on the A415 road about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of central Abingdon. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
The name Marcham is derived from the old English Merceham, in which ham is a homestead and merece is a place where wild celery grows.[1][2]
Extensive Iron Age and Roman remains, including a temple and possible amphitheatre, lie in Trendles Field behind the former Noah's Ark Inn, in the extreme south-west of the parish. This site is subject to an ongoing Oxford University research project, with excavations being conducted each July.[3]
The tower of the Church of England Parish Church of All Saints dates from early in the 13th Century. It has a ring of six bells.[4] The remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1837.[5]
Marcham has a Church of England Primary School.[6]
The National Federation of Women's Institutes has Denman College, its residential adult education college, in Marcham.[7]
Marcham Football Club[8] plays in North Berks Football League Division Two.[9]
Bibliography
- Page, William & Ditchfield, P.H. (eds.) (1924). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. pp. 354-360.
External links
- Marcham Parish Council
- Marcham and District News
- Marcham C of E Primary School
- Marcham Football Club
- Denman College
- Archaeology at Marcham
- Marcham Society
References
- ^ "Domesday place-names of Berkshire". http://web.archive.org/web/20070715015318/http://www.gwp.enta.net/berknames.htm. Retrieved April 6 2008.
- ^ "Royal Berkshire History - Marcham". http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/marcham.html. Retrieved April 6 2008.
- ^ "School of Archaeology, University of Oxford: The Vale and Ridgeway Project". http://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/research/research_projects/marcham. Retrieved May 18 2009.
- ^ "Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, Old North Berks Branch". http://onb.org.uk/live/towers/index.html. Retrieved May 18 2009.
- ^ "Francis Frith - Marcham". http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/oxfordshire/marcham/. Retrieved April 6 2008.
- ^ "Marcham C of E Primary School". http://www.marcham.oxon.sch.uk. Retrieved May 18 2009.
- ^ "Women's Institute - About Denman College". http://www.womens-institute.co.uk/standard.aspx?id=209. Retrieved April 6 2008.
- ^ "Marcham Football Club". http://www.marchamfc.co.uk/. Retrieved May 18 2009.
- ^ "North Berks Football League". http://www.nbfl.co.uk/tables/tab2.htm. Retrieved May 18 2009.
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