Cuxham

Coordinates: 51°39′07″N 1°02′17″W / 51.652°N 1.038°W / 51.652; -1.038

Cuxham
Holy Rood parish church
Cuxham  Cuxham shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU6695
Parish	Cuxham with Easington
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Watlington
Postcode district	OX49
Dialling code	01491
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Henley
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Cuxham is a small village in the civil parish of Cuxham with Easington in South Oxfordshire. It is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Wallingford and about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Thame.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of the Holy Rood has a Norman bell tower.^[1] The century 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.^[2] 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.^[2] The Gothic Revival architect C.C. Rolfe rebuilt the chancel in 1895.^[2]

Former parish school

The Rectory is Georgian and was built about 1800.^[2] Since 1983 Holy Rood has been part of a united benefice with Easington, Brightwell Baldwin and Ewelme.^[3]

Amenities

Cuxham has a gastropub, the Half Moon.^[4]

References

1. ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 567
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 568
3. ^ Brightwell Baldwin: church
4. ^ The Half Moon at Cuxham

Sources

• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 567–568. ISBN 0 14 071045 0. 

External links

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