Great Bourton
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{{infobox UK place
|official_name= Great Bourton
|static_image_name= Bell tower, Great Bourton - geograph.org.uk - 1760464.jpg
|static_image_caption= All Saints' parish church bell tower
|coordinates = {{coord|52.106|-1.335|display=inline,title}}
|population= 614
|population_ref= (parish, with Little Bourton) (2011 Census)
|civil_parish= Bourton
|shire_district= Cherwell
|shire_county= Oxfordshire
|region= South East England
|country= England
|post_town= Banbury
|postcode_district= OX17
|postcode_area= OX
|dial_code= 01295
|os_grid_reference= SP456455
|constituency_westminster= Banbury
|website= {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130221081420/http://www.bourtons.net/ The Bourtons]}}
}}
Great Bourton is a village about {{convert|3|mi|0}} north of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Bourton. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 614.{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120969&c=OX17+1QW&d=16&e=62&g=6458533&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441269279703&enc=1 |title=Area: Bourton (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=3 September 2015}}
Church and chapel
=Church of England=
The Church of England parish church of All Saints was originally 13th century. The west wall of the nave has a recess containing a small bell cast by Henry I Bagley of Chacombe in 1673.{{sfn|Crossley|Colvin|Cooper|Cooper|1972|pp=175–184}} In 1863 the church was almost entirely rebuilt to plans by the architect William White,{{NHLE |num=1215872 |desc=Church of All Saints |grade=II |access-date=3 September 2015}} who added a bell tower, separate from the church, built over the lychgate.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=617}}{{NHLE |num=1287914 |desc=Lychgate at Church of All Saints |grade=II |access-date=3 September 2015}} It is one of only three such bell towers in Britain to be so sited. All Saints' parish is now part of the Benefice of Shires' Edge along with those of Claydon, Cropredy, Mollington and Wardington.{{cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27/139CW |title=Benefice of Shires' Edge |author=Archbishops' Council |author-link=Archbishops' Council |work=A Church Near You |publisher=Church of England |access-date=5 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005101829/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27%2F139CW |archive-date=5 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}
=Methodist=
Great Bourton village hall used to be the Methodist Chapel.
History
In the Battle of Cropredy Bridge in June 1644, the Parliamentarian General Waller saw that the Royalist army was strung out from its position on higher ground near Great Bourton and decided to order an attack. The Royalists pushed Waller's force back to Great Bourton when it met the Royalist Earl of Northampton's brigade of horse.
Amenities
File:The Bell Inn at Great Bourton - geograph.org.uk - 354405.jpg
Great Bourton has a pub, The Bell, that is controlled by Hook Norton Brewery.{{cite web |url= https://www.hooky.co.uk/content/our-pubs/bell-inn-great-bourton.ashx |title=The Bell Inn Great Bourton |publisher=Hook Norton Brewery |access-date=3 September 2015}}
Great Bourton's only public transport is bus route 502 between Banbury and Temple Herdewyke in Warwickshire. The current operator is Stagecoach in Warwickshire. There is one bus a day on Saturdays.{{cite web |url= http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/se/XSLT_TTB_REQUEST?line=02502&lineVer=1&net=set&project=y08&command=direct&outputFormat=0 |title=502 Leamington / Harbury - Temple Herdewyke / Banbury |publisher=Traveline Southeast |access-date=6 December 2019}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |last1=Crossley |first1=Alan (ed.) |last2=Colvin |first2=Christina |last3=Cooper |first3=Janet |last4=Cooper |first4=NH |last5=Harvey |first5=PDA |last6=Hollings |first6=Marjory |last7=Hook |first7=Judith |last8=Jessup |first8=Mary |last9=Lobel |first9=Mary D |author9-link=Mary Lobel |last10=Mason |first10=JFA |last11=Trinder |first11=BS |last12=Turner |first12=Hilary |year=1972 |title=A History of the County of Oxford |volume=10: Banbury Hundred |series=Victoria County History |place=London |publisher=Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research |isbn=978-0-19722-728-2 |pages=175–184 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol10/pp175-184 }}
- {{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=The Buildings of England |title=Oxfordshire |year=1974 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |page=617 }}
External links
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- {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130221081420/http://www.bourtons.net/ The Bourtons]}}
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