Bloxham is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in northern
Oxfordshire several miles from the
Cotswolds, about southwest of
Banbury
Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. It had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.
Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshir ...
. It is on the edge of a valley and overlooked by Hobb Hill. The village is on the
A361 road
The A361 is an A class road in southern England, which at is the longest three-digit A road in the UK.
History
When first designated in 1922, the A361 ran from Taunton (Somerset) to Banbury (Oxfordshire). It was later extended west through ...
. The
2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 3,374.
History
Roman
Under
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
rule between the 1st and 5th centuries AD there were several farms and a burial site in the Bloxham area. A poor farming community lived at a site west of the present village.
Saxon
The
toponym
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is derived from the
Old English
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''Blocc's Ham'' (the home of Blocc) from the 6th century, when a
Saxon settlement was built on the present site of the village, on the banks of a tributary of the Sor Brook. In 1086 the
Domesday Book
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called the village ''Blochesham''. Its name was subsequently recorded as ''Blocchesham'' in 1142, ''Blokesham'' in 1216, and finally Bloxham in 1316. In the late Anglo-Saxon era Bloxham was part of a large estate, belonging to the
Earl of Mercia
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First governed by ealdormen under t ...
, stretching from the boundary with
Tadmarton
Tadmarton is a village and civil parish about west of Banbury, Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 541, which is a 26% increase on the figure of 430 recorded by the 2001 Census.
Manor
The manor house has a 15th- ...
and
Wigginton in the west to the
River Cherwell
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The river gives its name to the Cherwell local g ...
. As the ''
caput
Latin words and phrases
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