Ramsden, Oxfordshire

Ramsden
Ramsden

 Ramsden shown within Oxfordshire
Population 328 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference SP3515
Parish Ramsden
District West Oxfordshire
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chipping Norton
Postcode district OX7
Dialling code 01993
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Witney
Website Ramsden - Oxfordshire
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Ramsden is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Witney in West Oxfordshire.

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History

The course of Akeman Street Roman Road linking Cirencester with London passes through the parish, bisecting the village. It is now part of the Wychwood Way long distance path. Ramsden is a linear village, lying east-west along an old road that intersects Akeman Street.

The architect William Wilkinson designed Ramsden parsonage, which was built in 1862.[2] The Gothic Revival architect Arthur Blomfield designed the Church of England parish church of Saint James, which was completed in 1872.[2] It is in an Early English Gothic style.[2] Its bell tower has a broach spire and a set of three bells.[2]

Ramsden used to have a non-conformist chapel in the High Street. Its building is now a private house.

Amenities

Ramsden has a public house, the Royal Oak, that was built in the 17th century.[3] The Memorial Hall is Ramsden's village hall. It is converted from a former barn in the High Street and commemorates the men of the parish who died in the First and Second World Wars.

References

  1. ^ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790500. Retrieved 30 March 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 734
  3. ^ Welcome to the Royal Oak at Ramsden

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External links

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The District of West Oxfordshire
Towns
Burford (Signet, Upton) • Carterton • Charlbury • Chipping Norton (Southcombe) • Witney (Cogges, Madley Park) • Woodstock (Hensington, Old Woodstock)
Large Villages
Other Civil
Parishes
(Component
Villages
and Hamlets)
Alvescot • Ascott-under-Wychwood (Ascott d'Oyley, Ascott Earl) • Asthall (Asthall Leigh, Worsham) • Black Bourton • Bladon • Blenheim • Broadwell • Bruern • Cassington (Worton) • Chadlington • Chastleton • Chilson (Shorthampton) • Churchill • Clanfield • Combe • Cornbury and Wychwood (Cornbury, Wychwood) • Cornwell • Crawley • Curbridge • Fawler • Fifield • Filkins and Broughton Poggs (Filkins, Broughton Poggs) • Finstock • Fulbrook • Glympton • Grafton and Radcot (Grafton, Radcot) • Great Tew • Hardwick-with-Yelford (Hardwick, Yelford) • Heythrop (Dunthrop) • Holwell • Idbury (Bould, Foscot) • Kelmscott • Kencot • Kiddington with Asterleigh (Asterleigh, Kiddington, Over Kiddington) • Kingham • Langford • Leafield • Lew • Little Faringdon • Little Tew • Lyneham • Northmoor • Over Norton • Ramsden (Mount Skippett) • Rollright (Great Rollright, Little Rollright) • Rousham • Salford • Sandford St. Martin (Ledwell) • Sarsden • Shilton • South Leigh • Spelsbury (Dean, Taston) • Stanton Harcourt • Swerford • Swinbrook and Widford (Swinbrook, Widford) • Tackley • Taynton • Westcott Barton • Westwell • Wootton (Dornford, Hordley) • Worton (Nether Worton, Over Worton)
Former Districts
and Boroughs
Chipping Norton Rural District • Municipal Borough of Chipping Norton • Witney Urban District • Witney Rural District • Municipal Borough of Woodstock • Woodstock Rural District
Former
Constituencies