Weald, Oxfordshire
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| Weald | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP308022 |
| Location: | 51°43’5"N, 1°33’14"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bampton |
| Postcode: | OX18 |
| Dialling code: | 01993 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Oxfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Witney |
Weald is a hamlet sitting half a mile south-west of Bampton in Oxfordshire. The name 'Weald' is from the Old English for "woodland".
The place is recorded by name in the late 12th century when Osney Abbey acquired a house there. It was a separate township by the 13th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries the township included much of the southwest part of the town of Bampton itself.
A large late 17th century manor house, Weald Manor, was remodelled at around 1730.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building.[2]
References
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 433
- ↑ National Heritage List 1198982: Weald Manor
- A History of the County of Oxford - Volume 13 pp 60-62: Bampton and Weald: Charities for the poor (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2
