Toot Baldon
| Toot Baldon | |
 St. Lawrence' parish church |
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  Toot Baldon |
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| Population | 136 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP5600 |
| Civil parish | Baldons |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode district | OX44 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| Website | Welcome to Marsh Baldon |
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Coordinates: 51°42′11″N 1°10′48″W / 51.703°N 01.180°W
Toot Baldon is a village within the civil parish of Baldons located about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire.
Toponymy
Toot is a Saxon word meaning look-out point.[2] Baldon means Bealde's Hill.[3]
History
The Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence was built mostly in the 13th century.[4] The Gothic Revival architect Henry Woodyer restored the building in 1865.[5] There is a memorial to the 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident in the north aisle of the building.
Court House Farm is partly 16th century and Toot Baldon Manor House was built in the 17th century.[5]
A parish school was built in the 19th or early 20th century. It has since closed and the building is now a private house.
Amenities
Toot Baldon has a public house, the Mole Inn.[6] Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon share a cricket club.[7]
References
- ↑ "Area: Toot Baldon CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ↑ Baldons Parish Council
- ↑ The Place-Names of Oxforshire
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 818.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 819.
- ↑ The Mole Inn
- ↑ The Baldons Cricket Club
Sources and further reading
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1957). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon Hundred. Victoria County History. pp. 47–56.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 818–819. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
Media related to Toot Baldon at Wikimedia Commons
