The name of Salford originates from a crossing in the London turnpike road and an old salt track from the Midlands salt mines. Salford is a small…
Together with Broadwell and Kencot, Langford forms a long roadside community off the main Lechlade to Burford road, in the broad upper Thames…
The hamlet of Cote is set amidst farming land and several 17C/18C farm houses survive. Particulary noteworthy, though, is the 18C Baptist chapel, a…
An Abbey is recorded at Bruern as early as 1147. The monastery was small and disreputable even compared to others in the Cotswolds, with a racy…
Heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and still a place of mystery, the area was once the ancient Royal Hunting Forest of Wychwood, much of which…
A popular centre for leisure pursuits, especially windsurfing, sailing, fishing and other watersports on the eight or so lakes which are close by…
Just to the north of Chipping Norton, a pretty hamlet on the edge of a fine wooded park. Its little green has an unusual Victorian memorial…
Some of the houses in the village are 17C but in 1939 Williams-Ellis, who had designed Portmeirion in north Wales, remodelled all the cottages in…
The name Combe, meaning valley, seems inappropriate for a village set on a hill top 45m above Evenlode valley floor! The village may have moved…
South Leigh lies 2½ miles (4 km) south east of Witney and 8 miles (13 km) west of Oxford. It was first mentioned in the late 12th century, by which…
Idbury, close to the Westcotes and enjoying the same extensive views across the Evenlode Valley from just off the high road between Stow and…
A small, quiet village 2 miles south west of Burford, close to the county border with Gloucestershire, Westwell supposedly takes its name from the…
Midway between Blenheim Great Park and the Wychwood Forest, Stonesfield enjoys a hillside position above the meandering Evenlode. The village is…
Set in the Evenlode Valley in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, the market town of Charlbury grew from a small clearing in the Wychwood…
The ancient market town of Eynsham began life as a small Romano-British settlement and today retains much of its medieval heritage, including 16th…
The centre of this small village is its traditional green (one of two in the village) lined by attractive old cottages, the pub and the primary…
Tucked away close to the Oxford Canal, the River Cherwell and north east of Woodstock, this character village has many stone buildings and its…
The ancient market town of Bampton lies in the south of the area, not far from the River Thames. Until about 1850 it stood in the centre of a large…
With its medieval bridge, old stone houses and attractive Tudor and Georgian frontages, Burford is justifiably one of the most picturesque towns in…
