Mixbury
Mixbury | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Brackley | |
Postcode district | NN13 | |
Dialling code | 01280 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Mixbury is a village and
.Manor
The toponym is derived from the Old English mixen-burgh,[1] meaning "fortification near dung-heap".[2] "Burgh" refers to Beaumont Castle, which was built about 1100. It no longer stands, but its earthworks remain at the north end of the village.[3][4]
The
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of All Saints dates from the 12th century.[3] The south doorway is Norman, dating from about 1170.[3] Early in the 14th century[1] all the windows were replaced with Decorated Gothic ones.[3] A south aisle of three bays and a west tower were added at the same time.[1] The Perpendicular Gothic clerestory was added later.[3] The chancel was restored in 1843 and the remainder of the church was restored after 1848.[1] All Saints' is a Grade II* listed building.[5]
The west tower has three bells.[6] The treble bell was cast in 1577 by John Appowell[7] of Buckingham,[8] the tenor in 1609 by Robert Atton[7] of Buckingham[8] and the second in 1627 by Bartholomew Atton[7] of Buckingham.[8] Ringing now is very restricted for safety reasons.[7] The church clock is of unknown date, but appears to be late 17th century.[9]
The
Economic and social history
An
The main road between
The rector had the village school built in 1838.[1] In 1928 it was reorganised as a junior school and older pupils were transferred to the school at Fringford.[1] It was reorganised as an infants' school in 1948 and closed in 1955.[1]
The original village consisted of thatch-roofed rubblestone cottages clustered between All Saints and the stream.[12] In 1874 they were demolished under an order of the Court of Chancery and replaced with two rows of brick-faced semi-detached estate cottages laid out as a model village along the road leading south from the church.[12]
Railways
In 1847–50 the
The
In 1961 British Railways closed Fulwell and Westbury station to passenger traffic. In 1963 The Reshaping of British Railways report recommended that BR close both the branch line to Banbury and the Great Central Main Line. It closed Finmere station and the Banbury branch line immediately, and the Great Central Main Line in 1966.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lobel 1959, pp. 251–262
- ^ a b "Shelswell group of Parishes: All Saints Church, Mixbury". Archived from the original on 21 January 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 710.
- ^ The Gatehouse website page for Beaumont Castle, Mixbury
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1192977)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, Bicester Branch: Mixbury
- ^ a b c d "Mixbury All Saints". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ a b c Dovemaster (25 June 2010). "Bell Founders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Beeson & Simcock 1989, p. 47.
- ^ Gray 1959, p. 113.
- ^ Gray 1959, p. 538.
- ^ a b Rowley 1978, pp. 138–139.
Sources
- Beeson, C.F.C.; Simcock, A.V. (1989) [1962]. Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400–1850 (3rd ed.). Oxford: ISBN 0-903364-06-9.
- Blomfield, James Charles (c. 1890). Part V: History of Fringford, Hethe, Mixbury, Newton Purcell, and Shelswell. Deanery of Bicester. Elliot Stock & Co: London.
- Gray, Howard L (1959) [1915]. The English Field Systems. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; Merlin Press. pp. 113, 538.
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1959). A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 6. pp. 251–262.
- Rowley, Trevor (1978). Villages in the Landscape. Archaeology in the Field Series. London: ISBN 0-460-04166-5.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
Media related to Mixbury at Wikimedia Commons