Oxton is a village in
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
, England, with a 568 residents at the 2011 census. It is located 5 miles west of
Southwell, 5 miles north of
Lowdham
Lowdham is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire between Nottingham and Southwell. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,832, increasing to 3,334 at the 2011 Census. Two main roads slicing thro ...
, 10 miles NE of
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
and 2 miles NE of
Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097
trunk road.
Oxton has
a church dedicated to St Peter & St Paul; a post office and two
pub
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
s. Oxton also has two fords – a small
ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
within the village itself, and a much larger ford on Beanford Lane – often as deep as 1 ft whilst remaining open to all traffic. It is however closed each March, so that the
toad
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.
A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scient ...
s found in the
swamp-like area, which the ford crosses, can breed.
Toponymy
Oxton seems to contain the
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...
word for an ox, ''oxa'', + ''tūn'' (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Ox farm or settlement'.
[J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), ''Place Names of Nottinghamshire'' (Cambridge, 1940), p.172; A.D.Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 2002), p.265; E .Ekwall, ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'' (Oxford, 1960), p.356]
Notable resident
*
Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, awarded the
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...
, was born in Oxton.
Bus services
NottsBus
747: Oxton – Calverton – Lowdham
References
External links
Newark and Sherwood
Villages in Nottinghamshire
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