Epwell
| Epwell | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Cottages by the green in Epwell | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP353404 |
| Location: | 52°3’42"N, 1°29’8"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 285 (2011) |
| Post town: | Banbury |
| Postcode: | OX15 |
| Dialling code: | 01295 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cherwell |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Banbury |
| Website: | Epwell Oxfordshire |
Epwell is a village in the north of Oxfordshire about six miles west of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population's as 285.
The name 'Epwell' is believed to be derived from the Old English Eoppa's Well.[1]
Manor
In 1279 Robert Danvers held a fee at Epwell. It was an exclave of the Hundred of Dorchester until the 18th century, when it was transferred to the Hundred of Banbury.[2][3]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church, St Anne]] was originally in the Early Gothic style. Several of the present windows are Decorated Gothic and were added later. Next the Perpendicular Gothic bell tower was added. Two windows on the north side of the church were added late in the 16th century.[4] The church is a Grade II* listed building.[5]
St Anne's parish is a member of the Benefice of Wykeham, along with the parishes of Broughton, Shutford, Sibford Gower, Swalcliffe and Tadmarton.
Mills
Epwell had a watermill and a windmill. The watermill building survives: it is just east of the village and was built early in the 18th century.[6] The windmill was a tower mill northwest of the village. It was built of stone, had patent sails and a domed cap, and last worked in 1912.[7]
About the village
The Chandler's Arms public house was built late in the 17th century and extended in the 19th century.[8][9]
Epwell once had a parish school: it is now the village hall.[10]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Epwell) |
References
- ↑ "About Our Village: A History". Epwell Oxfordshire. http://epwell.com/about%20our%20village.htm.
- ↑ Lobel 1962, pp. 1–4.
- ↑ Lobel & Crossley 1969, pp. 1–4.
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 595.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1369555: Church of St Anne (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1046861: Epwell Mill House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Foreman 1983, p. 125.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1199982: Chandler's Arms Public House and Attached Mounting Block (Grade II listing)
- ↑ The Chandlers Arms
- ↑ "Village Hall". Epwell Oxfordshire. http://www.epwell.com/modx/index.php?id=8.
- Foreman, Wilfrid (1983). Oxfordshire Mills. Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd. pp. 107, 125. ISBN 0-85033-441-1.
- Goulburn, Edward (1928). Hell for Leather! The Epwell Hunt: or, Black Collars in the Rear. New York: The Derrydale Press.
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2r=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-071045-0 }}
