Oxenton

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| official_name= Oxenton

| civil_parish = Oxenton

| country= England

| region= South West England

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| shire_district= Tewkesbury

| shire_county= Gloucestershire

| hide_services= Yes

| population =162

| population_ref =(2011 census)

| area_total_km2=7.719

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Oxenton is a village and civil parish {{convert|11|mi|km}} north east of Gloucester,{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/gazetteer/howfar?from=121513&to=121146|title=Distance from Oxenton [51.98356, 2.061695]|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=10 May 2021}} in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 162.{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/tewkesbury/E04004414__oxenton/|title=Oxenton|publisher=City Population De.|accessdate=10 May 2021}} The parish touches Alderton, Ashchurch Rural, Gotherington, Teddington and Stoke Orchard.{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020339|title=Oxenton|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=10 May 2021}} It is on the west side of Oxenton Hill, a northern outlier of the Cotswolds.{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol8/pp220-228|title=Parishes: Oxenton|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=10 May 2021}} Oxenton has a parish meeting.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaptc.org.uk/local-council-contacts/oxenton|title=Oxenton (Parish Meeting)|publisher=Gloucestershire Association of Parish and Town Councils|accessdate=10 May 2021}}

Landmarks

There are 22 listed buildings in Oxenton.{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/oxenton-tewkesbury-gloucestershire|title=Listed buildings in Oxenton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=10 May 2021}} Oxenton has a church called St John the Baptist{{cite web|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14416/|title=St John the Baptist|publisher=A Church Near You|accessdate=10 May 2021}} and a village hall.{{cite web|url=https://www.grcc.org.uk/village-hall-finder/village-hall/oxenton-village-hall|title=Village Hall|publisher=GRCC|accessdate=10 May 2021}}

History

The name "Oxenton" means 'Ox hill'.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Gloucestershire/Oxenton|title=Oxenton Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|access-date=10 May 2021}} Oxenton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Oxendone.{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire2.html#oxenton|title=Gloucestershire G-P|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|access-date=23 April 2021}} On 1 April 1935 Woolstone parish was abolished and merged with Oxenton.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10385969|title=Oxenton Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=10 May 2021}}

References

Category:Villages in Gloucestershire

Category:Civil parishes in Gloucestershire

Category:Borough of Tewkesbury