Southmoor
| Southmoor | |
 Southmoor Methodist Church |
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  Southmoor Southmoor shown within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU3998 |
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| Civil parish | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor |
| District | Vale of White Horse |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Abingdon |
| Postcode district | OX13 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Wantage |
| Website | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Community Website |
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Southmoor is a village in the civil parish of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Traditionally part of Berkshire, the 1974 boundary changes transferred local government to Oxfordshire.
Southmoor village is just south of the A420 between Oxford and Swindon.
History
John Blandy the Elder left money in his will of 1736 to found the Blandy educational charities.[1] John Blandy the Younger left money to augment the charities in his will of 1791.[1] In 1874 a scheme was established under the Endowed Schools Act 1869 for the Blandy charities to provide an elementary school, scholarships, a public lending library and extra playground facilities.[1] The school is now a primary school, John Blandy Voluntary Controlled School.[2]
A Wesleyan chapel was built in Southmoor in 1841.[3] It is now a Methodist Church in the Wantage and Abingdon Methodist Circuit.[4]
On 1 April 1971 the two villages of Kingston Bagpuize and Southmoor merged into one civil parish forming Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor.
Amenities
Southmoor has a public house, the Waggon and Horses. The village has a village hall. Southmoor's retailers are Southmoor Food and Wine, The Log Cabin Newsagents (which once was a log cabin on the other side of the road which is now Blenheim Way), Aquarius hairdressers and Crossroads garage. John Blandy VC Primary School teaches children from the ages of five to 12 and has about 180 pupils. It has also a nursery class.
Transport
The village is served by Stagecoach and RH Buses services. There are services up to every 30 minutes to Oxford or Swindon on route 66 running Mondays to Saturdays and hourly services on Sundays. There are services to the towns Abingdon and Witney on the X15 service running Monday to Saturday.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Page & Ditchfield, 1924, pages 349-353
- ↑ John Blandy
- ↑ Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels: Southmoor
- ↑ Wantage and Abingdon Methodist Circuit: Southmoor Methodist Church
Sources
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 349–353.
External links
Media related to Southmoor at Wikimedia Commons
