Chilton, Oxfordshire

Chilton, Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°34′05″N 1°15′54″W / 51.568°N 1.265°W / 51.568; -1.265

Chilton
Chilton is located in Oxfordshire
Chilton

 Chilton shown within Oxfordshire
Population 838 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference SU4885
Parish Chilton
District Vale of White Horse
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Didcot
Postcode district OX11
Dialling code 01235
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Wantage
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Didcot. The parish was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.

The village is just off the A34 road.

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History

A section of the Grim's Ditch forms part of the southern boundary of the parish. The prehistoric Ridgeway National Trail passes to the south of the village.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the parish.

In 1644 the village was the site of a minor incident following the Second Battle of Newbury in which Parliamentarians narrowly escaped being attacked by Royalists.

The Church of England parish church of All Saints dates from the 12th century. Since 1976 the ecclesiatical parish has been united with Harwell.

The southern part of the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, including the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, lies within the parish.

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