Fyfield, Berkshire

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Fyfield
Berkshire
Fyfield church.jpg
St. Nicholas' parish church
Location
Grid reference: SU4298
Location: 51°41’10"N, 1°23’20"W
Data
Population: 540  (2001, incl Tubney)
Post town: Abingdon
Postcode: OX13
Dialling code: 01865
Local Government
Council: Vale of White Horse
Parliamentary
constituency:
Wantage

Fyfield is a village in north-western Berkshire, in the Fyfield and Tubney civil parish, about 4½ miles west of Abingdon. The village used to be on the main A420 road between Oxford and Faringdon, but a bypass now carries the main road just south of the village and allows Fyfield to drowse in peace.

The White Hart public house in the village was formerly a chantry house, built in the 15th century by the executors of Sir John Golafre (died 1442). It has been owned by St John's College, Oxford since 1580.[1]

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Further reading

  • Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1907). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 2. Victoria County History. Archibald Constable & Co. p. 94. 
  • Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 344–349. 
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 145–146.