Kingston Bagpuize

Kingston Bagpuize

St. John the Baptist parish church
Kingston Bagpuize
 Kingston Bagpuize shown within Oxfordshire
Population 1,955 (parish, with Southmoor) (2001 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU4098
Civil parishKingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
DistrictVale of White Horse
Shire countyOxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Abingdon
Postcode district OX13
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentWantage (UK Parliament constituency)
WebsiteKingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°40′55″N 1°24′47″W / 51.682°N 1.413°W / 51.682; -1.413

Kingston Bagpuize /ˈkɪŋstən ˈbæɡpjuːz/[2] is a village in the civil parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire, England until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Geography

The village is next to the junction of the A420 (Oxford – Swindon) and A415 (Abingdon – Witney) main roads. It is contiguous with Southmoor village to the west and about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Longworth village.

History

The toponym Kingston Bagpuize is derived from the village's original name Kingston plus the surname of Ralph de Bachepuz, a Norman nobleman from Bacquepuis in Normandy who aided William of Normandy in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was designed by John Fidel of Faringdon and built in 1799–1800.[3] The building was remodelled in 1882 to the designs of Edwin Dolby.[3]

Kingston Bagpuize House seems to have been built in about 1720.[3] In the 20th century it was the home of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, the son of the novelist John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

In the Second World War there was a satellite airfield of RAF Abingdon east of the village. Remnants of the control tower are still visible near the cricket club. The lower part of the avenue of trees leading down from Kingston Bagpuize House were cut down during this time for aircraft safety. Evidence of this is that the trees at the east end of the avenue are shorter.

The ancient parish of Kingston Bagpuize was a strip parish, extending from the River Thames in the north in a thin strip to the River Ock in the south. It became a civil parish in 1866. In 1971 it was merged with the civil parish of Draycot Moor to form the parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor.[4]

Amenities

Kingston Bagpuize Cricket Club[5] plays in The Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League.[6] Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor have a bowls club[7] and a Women's Institute.[8] Kingston Bagpuize has an amateur theatre group.[9]

Films

In 2012, the movie Tortoise in Love, was filmed in the village. The film was funded entirely with crowd funding from Kingston Bagpuize and the neighbouring village of Southmoor.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Muir, Jill; Muir, Barry (2001–2014). "A Snippet of Village History". Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor a village snapshot. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Pevsner 1966, p. 160.
  4. ↑ Vision of Britain website
  5. ↑ Kingston Bagpuize Cricket Club
  6. ↑ The Oxford Times Cherwell Cricket League: Kingston Bagpuize Cricket Club
  7. ↑ Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor Bowls Club
  8. ↑ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Women's Institute
  9. ↑ Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group
  10. ↑ "British comedy funded by village residents to show at Cannes". The Daily Telegraph. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "Distributors queue up to see small film made by an English village". The Times. 13 May 2011.

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