Curbridge, Oxfordshire
| Curbridge | ||
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Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Witney | |
| Postcode district | OX29 | |
| Dialling code | 01993 | |
| Police | Thames Valley | |
| Fire | Oxfordshire | |
| Ambulance | South Central | |
| UK Parliament | ||
| Website | Curbridge Village Website | |
Curbridge is a village and
Romano-British settlement
When the Witney Bypass was being built in the 1970s, the remains of a
In a later phase of settlement, a midden covered the cemetery.[2] Artefacts found included a whetstone made from local limestone, a copper alloy brooch, a copper finger ring, a bronze Roman coin from the reign of the Roman usurper Magnentius (AD 350–353), fragments of Romano-British pottery, and clusters of hobnails showing where leather footwear had rotted away in the ground.[2]
History
Caswell Farm, 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) southwest of the village, is a moated farmstead that includes remnants of a 15th-century house.[3] It is a Grade II* listed building.[4] In the mid-1970s the Witney Bypass was built to allow the A40 trunk road to pass south of Witney. It was built through Curbridge parish only 100–200 yards (91–183 m) north of the village. The bypass was made the new civil parish boundary, and that part of the parish north of it was transferred to Witney.
Parish church
A Church of England chapel was built in Curbridge in 1838 and the Gothic Revival architect CC Rolfe added an apse in 1874.[5] In 1906 the chapel was demolished and replaced with the present Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist.[3][6] Its parish is part of the Benefice of Witney, which also includes Hailey.[7]
References
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ a b c Chambers, Harman & Wilson 1976, pp. 38–56.
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 567.
- ^ Historic England. "Caswell House, Caswell Farmhouse and attached outbuilding (Grade II*) (1048993)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ Saint 1970, p. 99.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II) (1368232)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the originalon 5 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
Sources and further reading
- Chambers, R.A.; Harman, Mary; Wilson, Bob (1976). "A Romano-British Settlement at Curbridge" (PDF). Oxoniensia. XLI. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society: 38–56. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- Saint, Andrew (1970). "Three Oxford Architects" (PDF). Oxoniensia. XXXV. Oxford Architectural and Historical Society: 53–102. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- Townley, Simon C. (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Selwyn, Nesta; Williamson, Elizabeth; Yates, Margaret (2004). A History of the County of Oxford. )
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