Broadwell, Oxfordshire
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|official_name= Broadwell
|static_image_name= Broadwell Steeple&Roof.JPG
|static_image_caption= Thatched roofs and St Peter's steeple
from the south-west
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|os_grid_reference= SP2503
|population= 218
|population_ref= (2011 Census)
|civil_parish= Broadwell
|shire_district= West Oxfordshire
|shire_county= Oxfordshire
|region= South East England
|country= England
|post_town= Lechlade
|postcode_district= GL7
|postcode_area= GL
|dial_code= 01367
|constituency_westminster= Witney
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Broadwell is a village and civil parish about {{convert|2|mi|0}} south-west of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 218.{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121248&c=Broadwell&d=16&e=62&g=6459872&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1426958939590&enc=1 |title=Area: Broadwell (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=21 March 2015}}
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saints Peter and Paul is a late Norman church built in about 1190.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=490}} In about 1250 the bell tower and octagonal spire were built, the north and south transepts were added, the chancel remodelled and an arch was inserted in the north wall of the chancel, linking it to a new north chapel.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=490}} The south wall of the chancel also has a window added early in the 14th century.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=490}} A Perpendicular Gothic arch linking the north transept and chapel was inserted.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=490}} In the 15th century a stair-turret was added to reach a room over the north transept.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=490}} The church was restored under the direction of E.G. Bruton in 1873.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=489}} It is a Grade I listed building.{{NHLE |num=1199110 |desc=Church of St Peter and St Paul |grade=I |access-date=21 March 2015}}
The tower has an historic ring of five bells from the 14th to the 17th centuries, plus a more recent Sanctus bell.{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Broadwell&numPerPage=10&Submit=Go&searchAmount=%3D&searchMetric=cwt&sortBy=Place&sortDir=Asc&DoveID=BROADWELLO |title=Broadwell SS Peter and Paul |last=Davies |first=Peter |date=12 December 2006 |work=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |publisher=Central Council for Church Bell Ringers |access-date=10 November 2010}} Currently all are unringable. The second bell is the oldest, cast by an unknown founder in about 1349. The tenor was cast in about 1500 by Thomas Hasylwood, whose kinsman William Hasylwood had bell-foundries at Reading and Wokingham.{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/founders.php |title=Bell Founders |author=Dovemaster |date=25 June 2010 |work=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |publisher=Central Council for Church Bell Ringers |access-date=10 November 2010}} The fourth bell was cast in 1581 by Joseph Carter, whose kinsman William Carter was a bell-founder at Reading and then at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Edward Neale of Burford cast the third bell in 1653 and the treble in 1663. Thomas Rudhall of Gloucester cast the Sanctus bell in 1778. The parish is now part of the Benefice of Shill Valley and Broadshire.
Village cross
By the main road through the village near the parish church are the remains of a Medieval village cross. It comprises a stone shaft set on an octagonal base of four steps,{{sfn|Marples|1973|p=305}} probably made in the 15th century. It is Grade II* listed.{{NHLE |num=1199125 |desc=Village cross |grade=II* |access-date=21 March 2015}}
RAF Broadwell
RAF Broadwell was an airfield {{convert|2|mi|0}} north of Broadwell, actually in the adjacent parish of Kencot. The airfield was in service from 1943 until 1947 and was used by Royal Air Force Transport Command.{{cite web |url= http://www.controltowers.co.uk/B/Broadwell.htm |title=Broadwell |work=Controltowers.co.uk |publisher=Robert Truman }}
Amenities
File:The Chilli Pepper - geograph.org.uk - 294541.jpg
Broadwell had a public house, the Five Bells. It was the Chilli Pepper bed and breakfast house. It is now closed.
Attractions
The Cotswold Wildlife Park is within the parish.
References
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Sources and further reading
- {{cite book |last=Fisher |first=A.S.T. |author-link=A.S.T. Fisher |year=1968 |title=The History of Broadwell, Oxfordshire, with Filkins, Kelmscott and Holwell |publisher=privately published }}
- {{cite journal |last=Marples |first=B.J. |year=1973 |title=The Medieval Crosses of Oxfordshire |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society |volume=XXXVIII |page=307 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1973/marples.pdf }}
- {{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |title=Oxfordshire |place=Harmondsworth |series=The Buildings of England |year=1974 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=488–490 }}
External links
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Category:Civil parishes in Oxfordshire