Ascott-under-Wychwood

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Ascott-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire.

Location

Ascott-under-Wychwood is located on the south bank of the River Evenlode and is named for the historic forest of Wychwood. Ascott-under-Wychwood is a close neighbour to the other ancient Wychwood villages, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Milton-under-Wychwood, Fifield, Idbury and Leafield. The population was 504 according to the 2001 census.

The village contains the Ascott-under-Wychwood railway station, which is on the Cotswold Line.The long barrow of Cotswold-Severn type on the upper Evenlode (NGR SP299175, OXF 6) was excavated in the late 1960s. The excavation report has recently been published.

Famous Residents

*Sam Mendes, Oscar-winning director of "American Beauty" and "Jarhead"
*Kate Winslet, British Actress

Bibliography

*Don Benson and Alasdair Whittle: the neolithic Cotswold long barrow at Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire. Oxford: Oxbow Books 2007.

ee also

*Ascot d'Oilly Castle

External links

* [http://www.ascott-under-wychwood.org.uk/ Community website]
* [http://www.thewychwood.co.uk The Wychwood Magazine Online]
* [http://www.wychwoodstudios.com/Flashsite.php Artists from around the wychwood area]