Cuxham

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Village in Oxfordshire, England

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::summary Village in Oxfordshire, England ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Cuxham
static_image_name	Cuxham HolyRood exterior.JPG
static_image_caption	Holy Rood parish church
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SU6695
label_position	bottom
civil_parish	Cuxham with Easington
shire_district	South Oxfordshire
shire_county	Oxfordshire
region	South East England
country	England
post_town	Watlington
postcode_area	OX
postcode_district	OX49
dial_code	01491
constituency_westminster	Henley
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Cuxham is a village in the civil parish of Cuxham with Easington, in the South Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 5.5 mi north of Wallingford and about 6 mi south of Thame.

History

Cuxham was an ancient parish in the Ewelme hundred of Oxfordshire. The parish was merged for ecclesiastical purposes with neighbouring Easington in 1853. They remained separate civil parishes until 1932, when the two parishes were also united into a single civil parish called Cuxham with Easington. At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Cuxham had a population of 129.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of the Holy Rood has a Norman bell tower. The Gothic windows on the north side of the nave were inserted in the 14th century and some of the windows in the tower were added in the 15th century. The windows on the south side of the nave were probably inserted in the 17th century and the church was heavily restored in the 18th century. The Gothic Revival architect C.C. Rolfe rebuilt the chancel in 1895. The Rectory is Georgian and was built about 1800. Since 1983 Holy Rood has been part of a united benefice with Easington, Brightwell Baldwin and Ewelme.

Mills

The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three watermills at Cuxham. The present Cuxham Mill was built in about the middle of the 18th century on the site of one of those recorded in the Domesday Book. The present mill on the site was built in the middle of the 18th century.

Amenities

The Half Moon public house was built in the 17th century and extended in the 18th. It is built of chalk rubble with brick quoins. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Cuxham_OldSchool.JPG" caption="Former parish school"] ::

References

Sources

References

(1979). "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England". Royal Historical Society.
"Relationships and changes Cuxham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"Population statistics Cuxham AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
[http://ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/brightwellbaldwin/church1.html Brightwell Baldwin: church]
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