Coleshill, Oxfordshire

All Saints' Church, Coleshill

Coleshill is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England (formerly in Berkshire).

The National Trust Buscot and Coleshill Estates,^[1] and Buscot Park, are nearby. During World War II, Coleshill House,^[2] on the estate, was the headquarters of the secret Auxiliary Units, who were to resist the expected occupation of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany.^[3] Coleshill House burned down in 1952.^[4]

The record producer Sir George Martin lived in the former rectory, until his death in March 2016. His private funeral was held in the villages Parish Church.^[5]

References

↑ "The Buscot and Coleshill Estates". National Trust. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
↑ "Coleshill House Pre War". Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
↑ "The Auxiliary Units History". Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
↑ "Coleshill House Post War". Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35814797

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Coordinates: 51°38′31″N 1°39′38″W / 51.6420°N 1.6606°W / 51.6420; -1.6606

The District of the Vale of White Horse

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Towns	Abingdon Caldecott Faringdon Wantage Belmont

Large villages	Blewbury Cumnor Chilswell Cumnor Hill Dean Court Farmoor Swinford Drayton East Challow East Hendred Grove Harwell Kennington Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Kingston Bagpuize Southmoor Marcham Cothill Milton North Hinksey Botley Harcourt Hill Radley St. Helen Without Dry Sandford Shippon Shrivenham Stanford in the Vale Bow Steventon Sunningwell Bayworth Boars Hill Foxcombe Hill Sutton Courtenay Watchfield Wootton Boars Hill Henwood Lamborough Hill

Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Appleford-on-Thames Appleton-with-Eaton Appleton Eaton Ardington and Lockinge Ardington Wick East Lockinge West Ginge West Lockinge Ashbury Idstone Kingstone Winslow Baulking Besselsleigh Bourton Buckland Gainfield Buscot Charney Bassett Childrey Chilton Coleshill Compton Beauchamp Knighton Denchworth East Hanney Eaton Hastings Fernham Frilford Fyfield and Tubney Fyfield Tubney Netherton Garford Goosey Great Coxwell Hatford Little Hatford Hinton Waldrist Duxford Kingston Lisle Letcombe Bassett Letcombe Regis Little Coxwell Littleworth Longcot Longworth Lyford Pusey Shellingford South Hinksey Hinksey Hill Sparsholt Uffington Upton West Challow West Hanney West Hendred East Ginge Woolstone Wytham Seacourt

Former districts and boroughs	Municipal Borough of Abingdon Abingdon Rural District Faringdon Rural District Wantage Urban District Wantage Rural District

Former constituencies	Oxfordshire County Constituency Abingdon Borough Constituency Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency Abingdon County Constituency

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