Coordinates: 51°52′19″N 1°33′54″W / 51.872°N 1.565°W
| Milton-under-Wychwood | |
 Road sign at one entrance to the village |
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 Milton-under-Wychwood
Milton-under-Wychwood shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 1,558 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP3018 |
| Parish | Milton-under-Wychwood |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| Website | Milton-under-Wychwood Village Website |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Milton-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burford, Oxfordshire, just off the A361 road between Burford and Chipping Norton.
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History
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 km) away.
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 designed the village school (now closed) and teacher's house at the same time.[2]
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.
Amenities and economy
The village had a public house, the Quart Pot, however the business has now been transferred to the village football pavilion.[citation needed] Wychwood public library is in a converted shop in the village.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]
References
- ^ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798813&c=Great+Tew&d=16&g=481687&i=1001x1003x1006&k=headcounts&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1269378817046&enc=1&domainId=15&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 705. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
- ^ Oxfordshire County Council, Wychwood Library
- ^ "Milton Quarries, Oxfordshire". Stone in Archaeology Database. University of Southampton. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/stones_ahrb_2005/cfm/Public/details/QuarryDetails.cfm?QuarryCode=MILT. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Milton Stone: Quarries". Stone in Archaeology Database. University of Southampton. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/stones_ahrb_2005/cfm/Public/details/RockDetails.cfm?RockCode=MILTON&BCnt=3&Choice=3. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Milton Stone: Usage". Stone in Archaeology Database. University of Southampton. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/stones_ahrb_2005/cfm/Public/details/RockDetails.cfm?RockCode=MILTON&BCnt=4&Choice=4. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
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