Chilton, Oxfordshire
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Chilton
| static_image_name = All Saints church in Chilton - geograph.org.uk - 1315990.jpg
| static_image_caption = All Saints' parish church
| coordinates = {{coord|51.568|-1.294|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = SU4985
| label_position = left
| population = 894
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
| civil_parish = Chilton
| shire_district = Vale of White Horse
| shire_county = Oxfordshire
| region = South East England
| country = England
| post_town = Didcot
| postcode_area = OX
| postcode_district = OX11
| dial_code = 01235
| constituency_westminster = Didcot and Wantage
| website = [http://www.chiltonvillagehall.co.uk/ Chilton, Oxfordshire]
}}
Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, about {{convert|3+1/2|mi|0}} southwest of Didcot. The parish is a historic part of Berkshire, though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred to the administration of Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 894.{{NOMIS2011 |id= E04008200 |title=Chilton Parish |accessdate=6 December 2019}} The village is just off the A34 road.
History
A section of the Grim's Ditch forms part of the southern boundary of the parish. The prehistoric Ridgeway National Trail passes south of the village. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the parish. In 1644 the village was the site of a minor incident following the Second Battle of Newbury in which Parliamentarians narrowly escaped being attacked by Royalists. The Church of England parish church of All Saints dates from the 12th century. Since 1976 the ecclesiastical parish has been united with Harwell. The southern part of the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, including the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, is in the parish.
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Ditchfield |editor1-first=PH |editor1-link=Peter Ditchfield |editor2-last=Page |editor2-first=William |editor2-link=William Page (historian) |others=assisted by John Hautenville Cope |year=1924 |chapter=Chilton |title=A History of the County of Berkshire |volume=IV |series=Victoria County History |place=London |publisher=The St Katherine Press |pages=11–15 |url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp11-15 }}
- {{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=The Buildings of England |title=Berkshire |year=1966 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |page=115 }}
External links
{{Commons category|Chilton, Oxfordshire}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705120409/http://www.harwellandchiltonchurches.org.uk/chilton/index.htm The Parish of St Matthew's Harwell with All Saints' Chilton: All Saints' Chilton]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090911094752/http://www.chiltonprimaryschool.org.uk/index.php Chilton Primary School]
- [http://fortran.orpheusweb.co.uk/Hobbies/chsite.htm Directory of websites including content about Chilton]
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