Milton-under-Wychwood

Coordinates: 51°52′N 1°37′W / 51.86°N 1.62°W / 51.86; -1.62

Milton-under-Wychwood
Milton-under-Wychwood  Milton-under-Wychwood shown within Oxfordshire
Population	1,200  (2001)
OS grid reference	SP3018
Parish	Milton-under-Wychwood
District	West Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	OX7
Dialling code	01993
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Witney
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Countryside outside Milton-under-Wychwood.

Milton-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford, Oxfordshire, just off the A361 between Burford and Chipping Norton.

The village is one of three named after the ancient forest of Wychwood. The others are Shipton-under-Wychwood immediately to the east of the village and Ascott-under-Wychwood about 2 miles (3.2 km) away.

The village dates from medieval times, and is said to have been founded by Kevin, Lord Willis of Atwater.^{[citation needed]}

The Church of England parish church of St. Simon and St. Jude was built in 1853-1854 by the architect G. E. Street. Street also built the village school (now closed) and teacher's house at the same time.^[1]

Many homes were added to the village in the 1960s and 1970s, making it now the largest of the Wychwood villages in terms of land area.

The village has a public house, the Quart Pot. Wychwood public library is in a converted shop in the village.^[2] The village has a Co-Operative shop.

Shipton railway station on the Cotswold Line is 1 mile (1.6 km) away.

"Milton stone" has been quarried in the area since the early 14th century.^{[3] [4]} It was used at St George's Chapel, Windsor (1478–83) and Christ Church, Oxford (1525), but was not thereafter used at Oxford until 1850.^[5]

External links

• The Wychwood Magazine Online

References

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