Bagley Wood
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Bagley Wood is a wood in the parish of Kennington in Berkshire, between Oxford and Abingdon. It is traversed from north to south by the A34 road, which was cut through the wood in 1972.
History
Bagley Wood is an ancient wood. Except for a few years in the 16th century it has had only two owners since 955. From 955 to 1538 it was owned by Abingdon Abbey, and since 1557 most of the wood has been owned by St John's College, Oxford.[1][2]
Bagley Wood was historically an extra-parochial area in Berkshire’s Hormer Hundred.
The wood is open to permissive public access on maintained (‘Stone’ or ‘mown’) routes, by way of gated entrances.[3]
References in popular culture
- Bagley Wood is the subject of a poem by the Victorian poet Lionel Pigot Johnson.[4]
- Bagley Wood features as a fictional murder scene in the 2012 pilot episode of the ITV detective series Endeavour.
Location
- Location map: 51°43’5"N, 1°15’40"W
- Streetmap: SP510024
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Berkshire - Volume 4 p : Parishes: Bagley Wood (Victoria County History)
- ↑ St John's College, Oxford: Biological Sciences
- ↑ Visit us | St John’s College
- ↑ Poem-hunter