Burdrop
| Burdrop | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Burdrop | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP358378 |
| Location: | 52°2’17"N, 1°28’44"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Banbury |
| Postcode: | OX15 |
| Dialling code: | 01295 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cherwell |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Banbury |
Burdrop is a village in Oxfordshire, grown contiguous with neighbouring Sibford Gower and about six and a half miles west of Banbury. The name 'Burdrop' is fromt he Old English burg þorp meaning "hamlet near the burh", which implies it was near a fortified settlement.
Parish church
Burdrop was part of the parish of Swalcliffe until 1841, when a new ecclesiastical parish of Sibford Gower, with Sibford Ferris and Burdrop was created.[1] The Church of England parish church, Holy Trinity was built in 1840 to plans by the architect Henry Jones Underwood|. It is a cruciform Gothic Revival building that emulates an Early English Gothic style.[2] The porch was designed by W.E. Mills and added in 1897.[3]
Public houses
In 1782 Burdrop was recorded as having two pubs: the Old Inn and the Wykeham Arms. (In fact the latter is in Sibford Gower.) The earliest known record of the Bishop Blaize Inn dates from 1816: it is named after St Blaise, an early 4th-century Armenian bishop who is the patron saint of wool-combers.[1] By the 21st century the Bishop Blaize Inn was the only pub in Burdrop still trading, now as Blaze Inn Saddles, a venue for motorcyclists who travel from all over the country.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crossley 1972, pp. 225–260.
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 767.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1184512: Church of Holy Trinity (Grade II listing)
- A History of the County of Oxford - Volume 10 pp 225-260: @ (Victoria County History) erm
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2page 767