Wytham
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Wytham (pronounced /ˈwaɪtəm/) is a small village in central Oxfordshire on the south bank of the Seacourt Stream, a branch of the River Thames, three miles west from Oxford. Until 1974, it was in the county of Berkshire.
The name is first recorded as Wihtham around 957, and comes from the Old English for a homestead or village in a river-bend.[1]
The manor of Wytham along with Wytham Abbey and much of the village was formerly owned by the Earls of Abingdon. All Saints Church in Wytham is a medieval building extensively rebuilt between 1811 and 1812 by Montagu Bertie, 5th Earl of Abingdon.
Wytham Woods are an area of long-established mixed woodland renowned for their high population of badgers and long-term monitoring of Great Tits. They are owned by Oxford University and used for research in zoology and climate change. The university also maintains a Field Station north of the village.
Wytham village and Wytham Woods have frequently featured in the "Inspector Morse" detective novels of Colin Dexter.
The village and woods lie just outside the north-western part of the Oxford Ring Road (A34).
Position:
- Map sources for Wytham
[edit] References
- ^ (2003) A Dictionary of British Placenames. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-198-52758-6.
[edit] External links
- Wytham village website
- Wytham Village Hall
- All Saints Church, Wytham
- Nature Conservation in Wytham Woods
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