Bloxham

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Map sources for Bloxham at grid reference SP4335

St. Mary's church, Bloxham.

Bloxham is an Oxfordshire village on the edge of the Cotswolds in the central part of England. It is three miles from the market town of Banbury, on the main route linking Banbury with the smaller market town of Chipping Norton.

Bloxham is a thriving village with a church (St Mary's), several shops, a post office, several pubs, a business park, business centre, and village museum. The village also contains three schools: Bloxham Primary School, The Warriner School and Bloxham School, an independent co-educational day and boarding school. Bloxham School was founded by the Rev. Egerton, and is one of the Woodard Foundation Schools. The headmaster's house is on top of Hob Hill, and overlooks the Pig Sty playing fields, so called after their use during World War II.

Behind the Warriner School is a working replica of a post mill built by Henry Warriner in 1865, the site of which is allegedly listed in the Domesday Book.

Production versions of the rare Jaguar XJ220 supercar were produced at Wykham Mill in Bloxham from 1992 to 1994. The factory was taken over by Aston Martin, also part of the Ford Motor Company, for production of the DB7 from 1994 until the factory’s closure in 2004. [1] Wykham Mill is now the Vantage Business Park, named after the DB7 V12 Vantage – the last DB7 model to be built on the site. [2]

The spire of the village church, St Mary's, is a local landmark, and is said to be the highest in Oxfordshire.[3]

1 Bloxham football
- 1.1 Bloxham youth football 2005/06 honours
2 External links
3 References and Sources

[edit] Bloxham football

There are currently 14 different Bloxham football teams including
A mens team
Under 9s team
Under 10s team
Under 11s team
Under 12s team
Under 13s team
Under 13s girls team
Under 14s team
Under 14s girls team
Under 15s team
Under 16s team
Under 17s team

All teams who play in the age group below the under 16s team play in the Witney and district league.

[edit] Bloxham youth football 2005/06 honours

Under 8s Witney Trophy Centre Cup winners
Under 9s A league runner-ups
Under 9s knockout cup winners
Under 9s Supplementary Cup winners
Under 12s B league runner-ups
Under 14s B league runner-ups
Under 14s Supplementary Cup runner-ups

[edit] External links

[edit] References and Sources

"Lofty ambitions" — article about St Mary's church by Tim Healey (from Oxfordshire Limited Edition)
"End of line for 007's super car", Banbury Guardian, 5 Dec 2003
"Business booms at former car plant", Banbury Guardian, 15 May 2004

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Villages: Adderbury • Bloxham • Bodicote • Broughton • Deddington • Middleton Cheney • Wroxton • Wardington •