- Besselsleigh
Infobox UK place
official_name= Besselsleigh
lieutenancy_england=Oxfordshire
region= South East England
country= England
latitude= 51.71
longitude= -1.35
post_town= ABINGDON
postcode_area= OX
postcode_district= OX13
dial_code= +44-1865
shire_district=Vale of White Horse
shire_county =Oxfordshire
constituency_westminster= Oxford West and Abingdon Besselsleigh or Bessels Leigh is a smallvillage andcivil parish in theVale of White Horse district of the English county ofOxfordshire (though formerly inBerkshire ). It is west ofCumnor . According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 87.The village lies on the
A420 road betweenOxford andSwindon .Besselsleigh is almost certainly the Lea or Leigh owned by a Saxon named Earmund in the 7th century. The manor of Leigh passed to the family of a Thomas Bessels in the mid 14th century, and by the next century the village had acquired its present name. [ [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62736 Victoria County History of Berkshire] ]
Parts of the small parish church of St Lawrence date back to the 12th century.
ee also
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Bessels Leigh School
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