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Worton, Oxfordshire (other)
Worton, Oxfordshire may refer to: *Worton (civil parish), Oxfordshire, containing the villages of Nether Worton Nether Worton is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, about south of Banbury and east of Chipping Norton. Nether Worton was a separate civil parish until 1932, when it was merged with Over Worton to form the current civil parish of Worton.. Archaeology ... and Over Worton, * Worton (hamlet), Oxfordshire, in Cassington civil parish {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worton (civil Parish), Oxfordshire
Worton is a civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district about south of Banbury, England. It was formed in 1932 by the merger of the parishes of Nether Worton and Over Worton, each of which is a small village. The main road between Deddington and Swerford Swerford is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Swere in the Cotswold Hills in Oxfordshire, England. It is about northeast of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, Chipping Norton. Swerford has two main neighbourhoods: Ch ... is the parish's northern boundary. It was a turnpike road and is now the B4031. From there the parish extends to Worton Wood on its southern boundary. East–west the parish is nowhere more than wide. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Worton parish as 624. References External links * Civil parishes in Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire District {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nether Worton
Nether Worton is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, about south of Banbury and east of Chipping Norton. Nether Worton was a separate civil parish until 1932, when it was merged with Over Worton to form the current civil parish of Worton.. Archaeology Earthworks on Hawk Hill indicate a prehistoric settlement of unknown date, possibly Iron Age. Manor The Domesday Book records that until 1066 one Leofgeat held the manor of ''Ortune'', probably at what is now Nether Worton. After the Norman Conquest of England an estate of three hides and half a yardland at Worton passed to William the Conqueror's half-brother Odo of Bayeux. By 1086 there were 15 households consisting of 10 smallholders and five villagers. Nether Worton House is the former manor house. It has a datestone inscribed 1653 but parts of the house may be earlier. The house was extended about 1920. It is a Grade II* listed building. The principal landowners in Nether Worton at the time were the Draper family. The best known of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over Worton
Over Worton is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, about south of Banbury and east of Chipping Norton. Over Worton was a separate civil parish until 1932, when it was merged with Nether Worton to form the current civil parish of Worton. Archaeology Just north of Holy Trinity parish churchyard is an Anglo-Saxon ''hlaew'' ( barrow), about in diameter and high. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Worton has the remains of a medieval village cross. In the 20th century it was restored as the parish war memorial. Manor The Domesday Book records that until 1066 one Leofgeat held the manor of ''Ortune'', probably at what is now Nether Worton. After the Norman Conquest of England an estate of three hides and half a yardland at Worton passed to William the Conqueror's half-brother Odo of Bayeux. By 1086 there were 15 households consisting of 10 smallholders and five villagers. Parish church Over Worton has had a parish church since at least the 13th century. The earliest known record of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worton (hamlet), Oxfordshire
Worton is a hamlet in Cassington civil parish, northwest of Oxford. History The Domesday Book records that in 1086 William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford owned the manor of Worton, and that Roger d'Ivry and Robert D'Oyly were the Earl's feudal tenants.Crossley & Elrington, 1990, pages 40-44 However, the 1st Earl had died in 1071 and in 1075 his heir Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford had forfeited his lands for his part in the Revolt of the Earls. It therefore seems that d'Ivry and D'Oyly held the manor in chief between them. By 1127 D'Oyly's share of Worton had passed to the church of St. George in Oxford Castle. After 1536 in the Dissolution of the Monasteries it passed first to Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and then in 1546 to Christ Church college. Christ Church sold its land at Worton in the 1950s. D'Ivry's share became part of the honour of Saint Valery. This share of Worton belonged to one of the Counts of Dreux early in the 12th century, passing to Richar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
