Lower Assendon

{{Short description|Village in Oxfordshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{infobox UK place

|official_name= Lower Assendon

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|os_grid_reference= SU744846

|label_position= left

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|civil_parish= Bix and Assendon

|shire_district= South Oxfordshire

|shire_county= Oxfordshire

|region= South East England

|country= England

|constituency_westminster= Henley

|post_town= Henley-on-Thames

|postcode_district= RG9

|postcode_area= RG

|dial_code= 01491

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|website = [http://www.bixandassendon.org.uk/ The Parish of Bix & Assendon]

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Lower Assendon is a village in the Assendon valley in the Chiltern Hills, about {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} northwest of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire, England. The road between Henley and Wallingford passes the village. It was made into a turnpike in 1736 and ceased to be a turnpike in 1873.[http://www.turnpikes.org.uk/English%20turnpike%20table.htm Turnpike Roads in England] It is now classified the A4130. The village has a public house, The Golden Ball, that is now a gastropub.[http://www.luscombes.co.uk/home.php Luscombes the Golden Ball] Henley Park is just east of the village. It was a medieval deer park and in 1300 became part of the manor of Henley.Emery, 1974, page 206 In the Georgian era the park was converted into a landscape garden with "beautiful inclosures descending in natural waving slopes from the house."Emery, 1974, page 131 Fairmile Cemetery, on a hillside southwest of the village, belongs to Henley Town Council.