Swalcliffe

Coordinates: 52°02′17″N 1°27′07″W / 52.038°N 1.452°W / 52.038; -1.452
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Swalcliffe
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBanbury
Postcode districtOX15
Dialling code01295
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteSwalcliffe Village
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
52°02′17″N 1°27′07″W / 52.038°N 1.452°W / 52.038; -1.452

Swalcliffe is a village and

West Shutford.[3]

Archaeology

About 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) northeast of the village are the remains of an

bridleway. One authority asserts that there was a Roman or Romano-British village here.[5]

Manor

Swalcliffe Manor house has a 13th-century service wing and a 14th-century hall. In the 16th century the hall was divided up and a solar was added. The house has later additions including a 20th-century extension. It is a Grade I listed building.[6]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of St Peter and St Paul is Anglo-Saxon in origin[7] but was rebuilt in the 12th and 14th centuries. The bell tower was built in the 13th century and made higher in the 15th century.[3] The church is a Grade I listed building.[8] The tower has a ring of six bells cast by Matthew I Bagley and Henry II Bagley of Chacombe,[9] Northamptonshire in 1685.[3][10] Richard Sanders of Bromsgrove[9] recast one of them in 1720.[3][10] St Peter and Paul's parish is a member of the Benefice of Wykeham, along with the parishes of Broughton, Epwell, Shutford, Sibford Gower and Tadmarton.[11]

Tithe barn

Swalcliffe Tithe Barn

Swalcliffe

tithe barn was built for New College, Oxford in 1401–07. It has an almost completely intact medieval timber half-cruck roof and is considered the finest medieval tithe barn in Oxfordshire[3] and one of the best examples in England. It is a Grade I listed building[12] and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[13] The barn is open free of charge on Sundays from Easter to October and houses part of the Oxfordshire Museum's[14] collection of traditional agricultural and trade vehicles and an exhibition of 2,500 years of Swalcliffe history. The building has similarities to the tithe barns at Adderbury and Upper Heyford, which also were built for New College around the beginning of the 15th century.[15]

Amenities

Swalcliffe has a 17th-century

public house, The Stag's Head.[16][17] There is also a village hall
.

stately home originally built in the 16th century and remodelled in the 18th century. It is a specialist residential and day school for boys aged 11–19 who have needs arising from their Autistic Spectrum
conditions. In day and residential settings, the school emphasises the development of students' communication, independence, self-management and personalised achievement. Many pupils have additional needs associated with other diagnoses; e.g. ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia or Specific Language Impairment. It is run by the Swalcliffe Park School Trust, a registered charity.

Formerly

Stratford-Upon-Avon served Swalcliffe several times a day.[19]

Helicopter crash

On the 8 April 1986 an McAlpine Helicopters Ltd, Aérospatiale AS 355F1 Twin Squirrel (G-BKIH) was flying over Swalcliffe from Pangbourne to Alton Towers when the aircraft engine failed. The helicopter crashed & caught fire, killing all Six passengers and crew.[20]

References

  1. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ Mills & Room 2003[page needed]
  3. ^ a b c d e Crossley 1972, pp. 225–260.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Madmarston Hill camp (1006371)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  5. ^ Aston & Bond 1976, p. 45.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Manor House (Grade I) (1046268)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  7. ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 795.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter and St Paul (Grade I) (1199016)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  9. ^
    Central Council for Church Bell Ringers
    . Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  10. ^
    Central Council for Church Bell Ringers
    . Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  11. ^ Archbishops' Council (2015). "Benefice of Wykeham". Church of England. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Tithe Barn (Grade I) (1046267)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Tithe barn (1006349)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  14. ^ "The Oxfordshire Museum". Oxfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  15. ^ Lobel 1959, pp. 196–205.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Stag's Head Public House (Grade II) (1046266)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  17. ^ "The Stag's Head; Swalcliffe". The-stags-head.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  18. ^ Swalcliffe Park School Archived 4 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "50/50A" (PDF). Stagecoach in Warwickshire. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Accident Report : AS 355 F1 Twin Squirrel G-BKIH 05-86" (PDF). Assets-publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

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