Oxton, Nottinghamshire
| Oxton | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Peter & St Paul, Oxton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK629512 |
| Location: | 53°3’18"N, 1°3’43"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | NG25 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newark and Sherwood |
Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire. A modest place, it had a recorded population of 568 at the 2011 census.
The village is to be found five miles west of Southwell, five miles north of Lowdham and ten miles north-east of Nottingham, on the B6386, and very close to the A6097 trunk road.
Name
The name of Oxton seems to the Old English oxa tun, meanin g 'ox farmstead (or a village or an estate).[1]
Parish church
The parish church in Oxton is St Peter & St Paul's Church.[2]
About the village
The village has a post office and two pubs.
Oxton also has two fords – a small ford within the village itself, and a much larger ford on Beanford Lane – often as deep as 1 feet whilst remaining open to all traffic. It is however closed each March, so that the toads found in the swamp-like area,which the ford crosses, can breed.
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References
- ↑ Gover, J. E. B.; Mawer, A. & Stenton, F.M.: 'Place-Names of Nottinghamshire , Part' (English Place-Names Society, 1940), page 172
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 286