Littleworth, South Oxfordshire
{{Short description|Hamlet in Oxfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
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|post_town= Oxford
|postcode_district= OX33
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Littleworth is a hamlet in South Oxfordshire, about {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} east of Oxford, England. It is in Wheatley civil parish, immediately west of Wheatley village.
History
There were two windmills on the hill about {{convert|300|yd|m}} south of the hamlet. One was a post mill that burned down in 1875. The other, Wheatley Mill, is an octagonal tower mill that dates from before 1671. It has been rebuilt and re-equipped a number of times, including in 1763 after a fire and in 1784 when the Eagle Ironworks, Oxford supplied some of the machinery. The tower mill had fallen out of use by 1914, and lightning struck it in 1939.{{NHLE |num=1369287 |desc=Wheatley Windmill |grade=II |access-date=4 January 2021}}
Since 1976 the windmill has been under restoration. The mill is open to the public one Sunday a month from May until October.{{cite web |url= http://www.wheatleymill.co.uk/ |title=Welcome to Wheatley Windmill |publisher=Wheatley Windmill Preservation Society |year=2018 |access-date=4 January 2021}}
In 1864 an extension of the Wycombe Railway from {{rws|Thame}} to {{rws|Oxford}} was built through Littleworth. British Railways closed the line and Wheatley station in 1963. Most of its route through Littleworth was in a cutting, with single-arched brick bridge that still carries Littleworth Road over it.
Amenities
Littleworth has one public house, the Cricketer's Arms free house.{{cite web |url= https://www.the-cricketers.com/ |title= The Cricketers Pub Restaurant |access-date= 4 January 2021 |archive-date= 23 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210123011228/https://www.the-cricketers.com/ |url-status= dead }}
Oxford Bus Company route 46 links Littleworth with Oxford via Horspath, Cowley and with Great Milton via Wheatley. Buses run hourly, seven days a week, from early morning until after midnight.{{cite web |url= https://images-oxfordbus.passenger-website.com/downloads/46%20Timetable%20-%20June%202022%20-%20A4%20version%20-%20V8%20-%20OBC.pdf |title=City46 |publisher=Oxford Bus Company |date=20 June 2022 |access-date=21 June 2022}}