Southmoor
| Southmoor | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 Southmoor Methodist Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU3998 |
| Location: | 51°40’48"N, 1°25’23"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Abingdon |
| Postcode: | OX13 |
| Dialling code: | 01865 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wantage |
| Website: | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor |
Southmoor is an idyllic village in north-western Berkshire, in the Vale of White Horse some six miles west of Abingdon, and is a neighbour to Kingston Bagpuize (with which it shares a parish council).
The village is away from the rush of the through routes, lying just south of the A420 which hurries between Oxford and Swindon. The brook running at the bottom of the village empties into the River Ock a little to the south.
Southmoor has one public house, the ‘’Waggon and Horses’’. It has a village hall, a primary school and a small range of local shops.
Churches
- Church of England: (served by St John, Kingston Bagpuize)
- Methodist: Southmoor Methodist Church
History
John Blandy the Elder left money in his will of 1736 to found the Blandy educational charities.[1] John Blandy the Younger left money to augment the charities in his will of 1791.[1] In 1874 a scheme was established under the Endowed Schools Act 1869 for the Blandy charities to provide an elementary school, scholarships, a public lending library and extra playground facilities.[1] The school is now the village’s primary school, John Blandy Voluntary Controlled School.[2]
A Wesleyan chapel was built in Southmoor in 1841,[3] which is now the village’s Methodist Church and forms part of the Wantage and Abingdon Methodist Circuit.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Page & Ditchfield, 1924, pages 349-353
- ↑ John Blandy
- ↑ Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels: Southmoor
- ↑ Wantage and Abingdon Methodist Circuit: Southmoor Methodist Church
Sources
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 349–353.