Tysoe
Tysoe is a civil parish located in Warwickshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Banbury. The three main settlements in the parish, Upper, Middle and Lower Tysoe are on a hill, hence the respective village names. Upper and Middle Tysoe have now merged, whereas Lower Tysoe is still separate, a little further north. The estimated population of the parish is 1,050, based on the 2001 UK Census.
The name of the parish is derived from the Old English Tīwes hōh = "spur of land belonging to the god Týr".[1]
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary and dates back to the 11th century.[2] All three of the villages contain several 17th-century buildings, especially Middle Tysoe, which was once the main village of the parish.[3] The local village primary school was opened in 1859 and has been extended in the 1980s and 2005.[4] Compton Wynyates country house is just one kilometre south of the village. Joseph Ashby, the agricultural trade unionist, was born in the village in 1859; his biography was written by his daughter Kathleen Ashby, teacher and historian.
The parish once contained a hill figure, the Red Horse of Tysoe, which was recorded as early as 1607 but which is now lost.[5]
Tysoe Parish & Community website can be found at: http://www.tysoe.org.uk
References
- ↑ P. H. Reaney (1969). The Origin of English Place Names. Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 118. ISBN 0-7100-2010-4.
- ↑ Information on the church
- ↑ Tysoe at British History Online
- ↑ Tysoe School Homepage
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus and Wedgewood, Alexandra. The Buildings of England: Warwickshire, Penguin, 1966, p.543
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Coordinates: 52°05′N 1°30′W / 52.083°N 1.500°W