Oxton, Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°03′22″N 1°03′43″W / 53.056°N 1.062°W / 53.056; -1.062
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Oxton
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSOUTHWELL
Postcode districtNG25
Dialling code0115
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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53°03′22″N 1°03′43″W / 53.056°N 1.062°W / 53.056; -1.062

Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with 568 residents at the 2011 census,[1] falling marginally to 566 at the 2021 census.[2] It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Southwell, 5 miles (8 km) north of Lowdham, 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Nottingham and 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.

Oxton has a church dedicated to St Peter & St Paul;[3] a post office and two pubs. Oxton also has two fords – a small ford within the village itself, and a much larger ford on Beanford Lane – often as deep as 1-foot (0.30 m) whilst remaining open to all traffic. It is however closed each March, so that the toads found in the swamp-like area, which the ford crosses, can breed.

Toponymy

Oxton seems to contain the Old English word for an ox, oxa, + tūn (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Ox farm or settlement'.[4]

Notable people

Bus services

NottsBus

747: Oxton – Calverton – Lowdham

See also

References

  1. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (1979), p.286
  4. ^ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.172; A.D.Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.265; E .Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.356
  5. ^ "No. 35859". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 January 1943. pp. 283–284.

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