South Weston is a village in

Lewknor Lewknor is a village and civil parish about south of Thame in Oxfordshire.The civil parish includes the villages of Postcombe and South Weston. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663. Early history Iron Age and Roman era Two ...

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, about south of

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. There are about 19 households in the parish.

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South Weston is recorded in the

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of 1086 and the

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of 1279. Both then and later in the Middle Ages, the parish's farming interests overlapped with those of neighbouring Wheatfield.

Parish church

The current

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was designed by the

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architect R.C. Hussey and built in 1860. It is in a

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style and incorporates some elements of the previous

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church. The

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is 13th century, and there is a 14th-century tomb recess in the north wall of the

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. Over the east window, on the outside is a statue of Saint Lawrence. The armchairs in the church were given by the Reynardson family of

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. The church was renovated in 1988 to make it more suitable for holding services. Until the mid 19th century the church had strong links with

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Salisbury Lodge

In South Weston a non-conformist chapel and a

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were built in about 1600. The pub was called The Salisbury Arms. After the chapel became unused, the chapel was converted into a barn for the use of the pub owners. The pub was converted into a house in 1982 and is now called Salisbury Lodge.

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Parish church

Salisbury Lodge

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