Dean Court
| Dean Court | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 Eynsham Road, Dean Court | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP4705 |
| Location: | 51°44’56"N, 1°18’36"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Oxford |
| Postcode: | OX2 |
| Dialling code: | 01865 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Oxford West and Abingdon |
Dean Court is a Berkshire hamlet which has swollen to become an outer suburb of Oxford, 2 miles west of the city centre. It is completely contiguous with other suburbanised villages in this corner of Berkshire: Botley and Cumnor Hill, while Chawley joins these to Cumnor. The villages are separated from Oxford, across the county border, by the River Thames and its backwaters, the Hinksey Stream and Seacourt Stream, amongst whose meadows are Osney, New Botley and North Hinksey.
History
Dean Court was first mentioned in the 14th century under the name of "La Dene", and in 1538 there was a reference to "the rectory of Dencourt". However, there is no later record of the church which was evidently in the hamlet during the Middle Ages.[1]
Until after the Second World War Dean Court was a small hamlet on the road from Oxford to Eynsham.
Development of the area started in the early 1950s with a housing estate called Pinnocks Way. In 1969 Deanfield Road, Broad Close and Owlington Close were built north of Eynsham Road by Wimpey Homes. The Orchard Road estate (originally marketed as "The Hawthornes") was built by Broseley Estates Limited and Costain in 1983 and later in 1985 houses were added by Thameway and Macleans. The Fogwell Road estate was built in 1985.
Dean Court is part of the parish of Cumnor, and until the 20th century parishioners worshipped a mile and a half away at the parish church of St Michael, Cumnor. There is now the church of St Andrew, Dean Court[2] that was built as a chapel of ease.
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4- Victoria County History
- ↑ "Dean Court St Andrew, Botley". A Church Near You. The Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/dean-court-st-andrew/. Retrieved 9 June 2010.