Woodeaton

infobox UK place

country = England
latitude= 51.8046

longitude= -1.2253

official_name= Woodeaton
population=
civil_parish= Woodeaton
shire_district= South Oxfordshire
shire_county = Oxfordshire
region= South East England

constituency_westminster= Henley
post_town= OXFORD
postcode_district = OX3
postcode_area= OX
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SP535120

Woodeaton (aka Wood Eaton) is an Oxfordshire village and civil parish near Islip and north-east of Oxford, England.

There was a Romano-Celtic temple here, and probably a Romano-British settlement and shrine too.

There was originally a Saxon church here. Richard Taverner, the 16th-century bible translator, is buried in the churchyard.

James Sadler, the first English balloonist, landed near the village after his first ascent from Christ Church Meadow in Oxford on 4 October 1784, travelling a distance of some six miles and reaching a height of about 3,600 feet.

Woodeaton Manor is located here and there is a quarry to the north-west, which is a good site for fossils.

Woodeaton Wood is around a kilometer to the south-east, on the south-west side of Drun's Hill. The village of Noke is 1.5 km north-east, past Prattle Wood.

References

* [http://www.roman-britain.org/places/woodeaton.htm Romano-Celtic Temple & Probable Romano-British Settlement: Woodeaton, Islip, Oxfordshire]
* [http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/Woodeaton.htm Woodeaton Fossils (Oxfordshire)]

External links

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* [http://oxford-consultants.tripod.com/woodeaton.htm Woodeaton information]
* [http://www.woodeaton.oxon.sch.uk/ Woodeaton Manor School]