Milcombe
| Milcombe | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St Laurence's church, Milcombe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP4134 |
| Data | |
| Population: | 613 (2011) |
| Post town: | Banbury |
| Postcode: | OX15 |
| Dialling code: | 01295 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cherwell |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Banbury |
Milcombe is a village in Oxfordshire, about five miles south-west of Banbury.
Church
The Church of England parish church, St Laurence, was built in the 13th century, but little survives from this period except for the west tower. The font is the 15th century. In the 19th century the building was in very poor condition, so in 1860 the Gothic Revival architect George Edmund Street, rebuilt the chancel and most of the nave.[1]
The parish benefice is now combined with those of Bloxham and South Newington.[2]
History
Milcombe House was a large 17th-century house. Most of it was demolished in 1953, but a small part has been retained as a farmhouse. Some outbuildings of the hall survive: an 18th-century dovecote[3] and part of the 17th century stables.[4]
By about 1875 the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway had been built through the parish. It passed very close to the village in a cutting at the foot of Fern Hill. The nearest station was Bloxham, a mile away. British Railways closed Bloxham station in 1951 and closed the Banbury and Cheltenham railway completely in 1964, but the disused cutting beside Milcombe village remains.
About the village
Milcombe has a 17th-century public house, the Horse and Groom.[5] The village hall is converted from a set of 17th-century cottages.[6] Milcombe has a village shop.[7]
In 2009 a Women's Institute was founded in Milcombe.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 704–705.
- ↑ Crossley 1983, pp. 143–158.
- ↑ Milcombe Hall dovecote
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 705.
- ↑ The Horse & Groom
- ↑ Milcombe Village Hall
- ↑ New Road Stores
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2
