Weald, Oxfordshire

Weald
Weald
 Weald shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSP308022
Civil parishBampton
DistrictWest Oxfordshire
Shire countyOxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Bampton
Postcode district OX18
Dialling code 01993
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentWitney
WebsiteBampton Oxfordshire
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Coordinates: 51°43′05″N 1°33′14″W / 51.718°N 1.554°W / 51.718; -1.554

Weald is a hamlet in Bampton civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It lies about 0.7 miles (1.1 km) southwest of Bampton.

The toponym Weald is from the Old English for "woodland". The place was recorded by name in the late 12th century when Osney Abbey acquired a house there. It was a separate township by the 13th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries the township included much of the southwest part of the town of Bampton itself.[1]

Weald Manor is a large late 17th century manor house, remodelled in about 1730.[2] It is a Grade II* listed building.[3]

References

  1. Crossley & Currie, 1996, pages 8–17 Bampton and Weald – Introduction
  2. Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 433
  3. Images of England website

Sources

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