Appleton, Oxfordshire
Appleton | |
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Abingdon | |
Postcode district | OX13 |
Dialling code | 01865 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Appleton with Eaton |
Appleton is a village in the
Manor
In the 9th century Abingdon Abbey held the manor of Appleton. The Danes sacked the abbey during the reign of King Alfred who later sequestered its estates, presumably including Appleton, because the monks had not made him a sufficient requital for vanquishing their enemies. .[2]
Appleton's
The
From then on the history is largely a record of grants and reversions, the best-known names to appear in the list of grantors or tenants being William de Merton, perhaps a kinsman of the founder of Merton College, Oxford, Sir William de Shareshull, Lord Chief Justice in the reign of Edward III, and William Lenthall, Speaker of the Long Parliament (this at a time when the Lordship of the Manor descended with that of Besselsleigh) and, of more local note, the Fettiplace and the Southby families.
Appleton
Parish church
The oldest parts of the
Monuments in the church include a brass of two shrouded corpses in memory of John Goudrington, who died in 1518, and his wife. In the chancel is a Renaissance stone monument erected in 1593 in memory of Sir John Fettiplace, who died in 1580. It includes a life-size effigy of Sir John in 16th-century armour, a pair of Corinthian columns supporting a canopy surmounted by a pair of obelisks, and a long Latin inscription surrounded by extensive strapwork and a number of skulls.[6][3]
The tower has a ring of ten bells, all cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Thomas II Mears cast the seventh bell in 1817. George Mears cast the second and third bells in 1859 and the ninth and tenor bells in 1861. Mears and Stainbank recast the eighth bell in 1874 and cast the treble, fourth and fifth bells in 1875. The sixth bell was recast, and the fittings for all bells replaced, and a new frame installed in 1977. The work was carried out by White's of Appleton, in the same village.[7]
White's of Appleton
In 1824 Alfred White founded White's of Appleton, a contractor for hanging church bells. The company is still based in Appleton and is now the oldest bellhanging company still trading in the United Kingdom.[8]
Amenities
Appleton has a Church of England primary school, a community shop, a Women's Institute[9] and a cricket club.[10]
Appleton All Stars Football Club was a member of the North Berks Football League.[11] The club was dissolved in 2014.[12][13]
Oxfordshire County Council subsidised bus route 63 between Oxford and Southmoor serves Appleton five times a day in each direction from Monday to Friday. There is no service on Saturday, Sunday, or Bank Holidays. The current contractor operating the route is Thames Travel.[14]
References
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Page & Ditchfield 1924, pp. 335–341.
- ^ a b c d Pevsner 1966, p. 65–66.
- ^ Historic England. "Appleton Manor (Grade II*) (1198061)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Saint 1970.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Lawrence (Grade II*) (1048421)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Baldwin, John (13 April 2009). "Appleton S Lawrence". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "History". Whites of Appleton Church Bellhangers. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Appleton Women's Institute". Appleton with Eaton. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Appleton Cricket Club". Appleton with Eaton. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "A Team have the Key to Appleton! 1st Team dumped from cup, Reserves continue challenge". Faringdon Town Football Club. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Appleton Stars". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Attitude In Adversity". Football: Wherever it may be. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Thames Travel 63, Thames Travel 63S". Oxford Bus Company. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
Sources
- Page, William; Ditchfield, PH, eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. IV. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 335–341.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 65–66.
- Saint, Andrew (1970). "Three Oxford Architects". Oxoniensia. XXXV. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society: 53ff. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2009.