Weston-on-the-Green
Weston-on-the-Green | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Bicester | |
Postcode district | OX25 | |
Dialling code | 01869 | |
Police | Thames Valley | |
Fire | Oxfordshire | |
Ambulance | South Central | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Weston On The Green | |
Weston-on-the-Green is a village and
Toponym
The
Manor
In 1137 Edith gave 35 acres (14 ha) at Weston to the new Otley Abbey at Oddington, which later moved to Thame.[3]
Henry (II) D'Oyly sold most of the remainder of the manor to Osney Abbey in 1227, retaining only the house,
Parish church
The earliest surviving parts of the
The replacement is a characteristically box-like Georgian church, with what were originally plain round-arched windows on the north and south sides.[4] The Georgian building had an ornate plaster ceiling, but this collapsed in 1810.[3] The surviving ornate Georgian surroundings of the south door are of a very high quality.[4]
There is no east window. Instead the blank east wall is dominated by an altarpiece of the Ten Commandments thought to have been painted by the Italian master Pompeo Batoni[4] (1708–87), although this has not been substantiated. Weston-on-the-Green is not the only Oxfordshire parish church thought to have a painting by Batoni. The parish church of Saint Peter, Marsh Baldon, 12 miles (19 km) south of Weston-on-the-Green, has a Batoni painting of the Annunciation.[6]
The architect R. Phené Spiers restored the building in the 1870s, repairing the tower and adding the south porch and new seating. A plan to rebuild the east end with an apse "to make the building more churchlike" was not executed. In 1885 Spiers added a heavy tracery to the Georgian windows[4] and the organ was installed.[3]
The tower used to have three bells, one each cast in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.[3] They were replaced in 1870 with ring of five, now six, all of which were cast by Mears and Stainbank[7] of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. There is also a Sanctus bell cast in 1834 by W&J Taylor,[7] presumably at their Oxford foundry.
The
Alan Campbell Johnson, who was Press Attaché to Earl Mountbatten of Burma when he was Viceroy of India and author of Mission with Mountbatten, is buried here.[9]
Social and economic history
The
RAF Weston-on-the-Green is about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village. German prisoners of war and Canadian military personnel built it in 1915[3] for the Royal Flying Corps. It is now a parachute training station.
Amenities
Weston-on-the-Green has two
Weston-on-the-Green also has a village shop and post office called Weston Pantry.[14]
The parish has a village hall[15] and a Women's Institute.[16]
Public transport
Grayline bus route 24 serves Weston-on-the-Green, linking it with Bicester via Wendlebury in one direction and with Oxford via Kirtlington, Bletchingdon and Oxford Parkway in the other. Buses run from Mondays to Saturdays: seven times a day to and from Oxford, and four times a day to and from Bicester. There is no late evening service, and no service on Sundays or bank holidays.[17]
References
- ^ "Weston-on-the-Green Parish". nomis. Durham University for the Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Gelling 1953, p. 243.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lobel 1959, pp. 346–352
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 833.
- ^ The Manor Country House Hotel
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 698.
- ^ a b Davies, Peter; Higson, Andrew (24 March 2010). "Weston on the Green Blessed Virgin Mary". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ Archbishops' Council. "Benefice of Akeman". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ Wilson, Brian; Wilson, Jo. "Memorial Data and PCC Records by Name". St. Mary the Virgin, Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Weston on the Green Village History". Weston-On-The-Green Memorial Hall. 18 March 2020.
- ^ Fuller's Chequers
- ^ The Ben Jonson
- ^ "Punch Taverns". Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Weston Pantry". Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Weston-on-the-Green Memorial Hall
- ^ "Weston-on-the-Green Women's Institute". Weston-on-the-Green Village Hall.
- ^ "Route 24". Grayline. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via Bletchingdon Village website.
Sources
- Gelling, Margaret (1953). Smith, AH (ed.). The Place-Names of Oxfordshire, Part I. Vol. XXIII. based on material collected by Doris Mary Stenton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for the English Place-Name Society.
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1959). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 6. Victoria County History. pp. 346–352.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
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