Northmoor, Oxfordshire

Northmoor, Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°43′23″N 1°23′31″W / 51.723°N 1.392°W / 51.723; -1.392

Northmoor
Northmoor is located in Oxfordshire
Northmoor

 Northmoor shown within Oxfordshire
Population 363 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference SP4202
Parish Northmoor
District West Oxfordshire
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Witney
Postcode district OX29
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Witney
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Northmoor is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Oxford and almost 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Witney. Northmoor is in the valley of the River Thames, which bounds the parish to the east and south, and is close to the River Windrush which forms part of the parish's western boundary.

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History

In the 11th century the place was known simply as More or Moor, meaning marsh. The prefix North was added by the 13th century, distinguishing the village from Southmoor, then in Berkshire, on the other side of the Thames.[2]

In 1059 land at Northmoor was granted by Edward the Confessor to St Denis Abbey in Paris.[3] Northmoor was created a separate parish in the 12th century, and a parish church dedicated to Saint Denys was then built.[4] Nothing survives of this original building except the font, which is Norman.[5] The earliest part of the present Church of England parish church on the same site[6] is the Early English Gothic chancel, which was built in the 13th century.[5] The chancel's east window is a set of three lancets and it has another lancet in its south wall.[5] The present nave and north and south transepts were built early in the 14th century.[5] The bell tower over the west bay of the nave was added in the 15th century.[5] The Gothic Revival architect C.C. Rolfe carried out a sensitive restoration of building in 1887.[4] The tower has a ring of six bells.

Rectory Farm was built in the 16th century, and a date-stone over the entrance records alterations in 1629.[7] The farm has also a half-timbered granary on stone stooks and a timber-framed dovecote, both from the 16th or 17th centuries.[7]

There used to be a flash lock on the Thames on the southern edge of the parish at Hart's Weir, also known as Ridge's Weir. In 1879 Hart's Weir Footbridge was built at the site, and in 1896 the weir and flash lock were replaced with a pound lock, Northmoor Lock, southeast of the village.

There is a proposal to use 200 acres (0.81 km2) of Northmoor parish for gravel extraction.[8]

Amenities

Northmoor has a public house, the Red Lion[9] and a village hall.

Northmoor is in a part of the Upper Thames Valley that has been designated an Environmentally Sensitive Conservation Area.[citation needed] There are many bridleways and footpaths. The village is on the Oxfordshire cycle network. Pleasure boats can be hired locally.[citation needed]

The nearest village store and post office are 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away in Standlake. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire routes 18 and 18A give Northmoor an hourly link with Oxford, Eynsham, Stanton Harcourt, Aston and Bampton.[10] There is no evening or Sunday service.[10]

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