Holwell, Oxfordshire
| Holwell | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 War memorial and St Mary's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP2309 |
| Location: | 51°46’48"N, 1°39’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 17 (2001) |
| Post town: | Burford |
| Postcode: | OX18 |
| Dialling code: | 01993 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Oxfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Witney |
Holwell is a village and parish in Oxfordshire about two miles south of Burford. The 2001 census recorded the parish's population as 17.[1]
History
During the time that Robert de Chesney was Bishop of Lincoln (1148-66), land at Holwell was given to the Cistercian Abbey at Bruern.[2]
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary[3] was built in the 13th century.[4] It was rebuilt in 1842 and again in 1895.[4] The latter rebuilding was designed by the architect Walter Mills of Banbury, using a Gothic Revival interpretation of Perpendicular Gothic.[4]
St Mary's parish is now part of the Benefice of Shill Valley and Broadshire, which includes also the parishes of Alvescot, Black Bourton, Broadwell, Broughton Poggs, Filkins, Kelmscott, Kencot, Langford, Little Faringdon, Shilton and Westwell.[5]
References
- ↑ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d73ec370d62b6f4444bc01a4cf1c94ffa8?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790500&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=true&nswid=1020. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ↑ Page 1907, pp. 79-80.
- ↑ Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels website: Holwell
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 650.
- ↑ Archbishops' Council (2010). "Benefice of Shill Valley and Broadshire". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27/441BF. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
Sources and further reading
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- Fisher, A.S.T. (1968). The History of Broadwell, Oxfordshire, with Filkins, Kelmscott and Holwell. privately published.
- Page, William, ed (1907). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 2. Victoria County History. Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 79–80.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 650. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
