Toot Baldon is a village and

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about southeast of

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. Since 2012 it has been part of the Baldons joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of

Marsh Baldon Marsh Baldon is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. Since 2012 it has been part of the Baldons joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Too ...

. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 148.

Toponym

"Toot" is derived from an

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word for "a look-out place". "Baldon" is derived from the Old English for "Bealda's Hill".

History

The

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Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. "Laurel wreath, laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, perse ...

was built mostly in the 13th century. It was

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to designs by the Gothic Revival architect

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in 1865. The church is a

Grade II* listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. There is a monument to the 1965 Little Baldon air crash in the north

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of the church. Court House Farm is partly 16th century. Toot Baldon

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was built in the 17th century and is Grade II* listed. A parish school was built in the 19th or early 20th century. It has since closed and the building is now a private house.

Amenities

Toot Baldon has a

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. It used to be the Crown but is now called the Mole Inn. Toot Baldon and

share a

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club.The Baldons Cricket Club
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References

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External links

Baldons Parish Council
Villages in Oxfordshire Civil parishes in Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire District {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub