Milton, Oxfordshire
| Milton | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 St John the Evangelist, Milton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP451350 |
| Location: | 52°-0’40"N, 1°20’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 192 (2011) |
| Post town: | Banbury |
| Postcode: | OX15 |
| Dialling code: | 01295 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cherwell |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Banbury |
Milton is a village in Oxfordshire, on the Milton road sitting midway between the villages of Adderbury and Bloxham, and two and a half miles south of Banbury. It is built near an affluent of the River Cherwell, and has many nature spots and footpaths surrounding it and leading from it.
The Church of England parish church is St John the Evangelist[1] It was built in 1856 by the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield.[2]
Milton has one public house, The Marlstone Tavern.
The former Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, part of the Great Western Railway, was completed in 1881. The GWR opened a small railway station, Milton Halt, in 1908 on the northern edge of the village near Manor Farm. British Railways closed the halt in 1951 and closed the railway to freight traffic in 1964. The track was removed in 1965.
The village holds an annual fireworks display, as well as an annual barn dance.
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1248820: Church of St John the Evangelist (Grade @ listing)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2page 705