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Easington, South Oxfordshire

Village in Oxfordshire, England

Field	Value
official_name	Easington
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SU6697
static_image_name	Easington StPeter NE.JPG
static_image_caption	St Peter's parish church
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	01844
constituency_westminster	Henley

Easington is a small village in the civil parish of Cuxham with Easington, in the South Oxfordshire districtof Oxfordshire, England. It is about 5.5 mi north of Wallingford and about 6 mi south of Thame.

History

Easington was an ancient parish in the Ewelme hundred of Oxfordshire. The parish was merged for ecclesiastical purposes with neighbouring Cuxham 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), Easington had a population of 20.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was built in the 14th century. It consists of a continuous nave and chancel with no chancel arch between them. The chancel masonry is ashlar, noticeably better-dressed and more evenly coursed than that of the nave. The church building includes a 12th-century Norman doorway re-used from an earlier church on the same site. The font is tub-shaped, suggesting that it too is Norman. The chancel windows are Perpendicular Gothic. The east window has ogee tracery and includes 14th century stained glass. The piscina also is ogeed. Beside the east window on the east wall are the remains of a medieval wall painting. The woodwork of the pulpit and reading desk are Jacobean items carved in the 17th century. The pulpit bears the date 1633 but Sherwood and Pevsner suggest that it was assembled in the 19th century from Jacobean materials. St. Peter's is a Grade II* listed building.

Gallery

Image:Easington StPeter porch.JPG|St. Peter's parish church: porch with Norman doorway Image:Easington StPeter EastWindow.JPG|St. Peter's parish church: east window of chancel Image:Easington StPeter piscina.JPG|St. Peter's parish church: piscina Image:Easington StPeter WallPainting.JPG|St. Peter's parish church: remains of wall painting in chancel Image:Easington StPeter pulpit.JPG|St. Peter's parish church: Jacobean pulpit Image:Easington StPeter ReadingDesk.JPG|St. Peter's parish church: Jacobean reading desk

References

Sources

References

(1979). "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England". Royal Historical Society.
"Relationships and changes Easington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"Population statistics Easington CP/AP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
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