Dry Sandford
| Dry Sandford | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP4700 |
| Location: | 51°41’49"N, 1°19’59"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Oxford |
| Postcode: | OX13 |
| Dialling code: | 01865 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of White Horse |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Oxford West and Abingdon |
Dry Sandford is a village in northern Berkshire, four miles south west of Oxford. It is one of two villages in the civil parish of St Helen Without.
The place was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sandford. The "sandy ford" must have been across the stream now known as Sandford Brook, a tributary of the River Ock, once known as the Lucringe.[1] The village became known as Dry Sandford by the 18th century.[2]
Dry Sandford was a manor in the large parish of St Helen's, Abingdon, and was held by Abingdon Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538.[2] Dry Sandford became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1867. The parish church of St Helen was built in 1855 in a 13th-century Gothic style.[2][3] The ecclesiastical parish was united with Wootton in 2000.[4]
Dry Sandford Pit is a nature reserve managed by the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust, just south of the village.[5] The site is of geological importance for its exposure of Corallian beds, and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[6]
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References
- ↑ Grundy, G.B. (1927-28). "Berkshire Charters". Berks, Bucks and Oxon Archaeological Journal 27: 198. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-787-1/dissemination/pdf/BAJ027_PDFs/BAJ027_A15_grundy.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 William Page and P.H. Ditchfield (eds) (1924). "Parishes: St. Helen's". A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62741. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ↑ English Heritage: Images of England
- ↑ Wootton and Dry Sandford parish website
- ↑ BBOWT website
- ↑ Natural England website
