Oxton, Nottinghamshire

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Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a little over 500 residents.

Oxton is located 5 miles west of Southwell, 5 miles north of Lowdham, 10 miles NE of Nottingham and 2 miles NE of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.

Oxton has a church, a post office, and two pubs. Oxton also has 2 fords - a small ford within the village itself, and a much larger ford on Beanford Lane - often as deep as 1ft whilst remaining open to all traffic. It is however closed each March, so that the toads found in the swamp-like area which the ford crosses can breed.

[edit] Notable residents

• Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, awarded the Victoria Cross, was born in Oxton

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