Appleford-on-Thames

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Appleford
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SS Peter & Paul parish church
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Area2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population350 (2011 Census)
• Density118/km2 (310/sq mi)
OS grid reference[[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SU5293]
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  • Appleford-on-Thames
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAbingdon
Postcode districtOX14
Dialling code01235
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PoliceThames Valley
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AmbulanceSouth Central
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Appleford-on-Thames is a village and civil parish on the south bank of the River Thames about 2 miles (3 km) north of Didcot, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 350.[1] On 1 April 2000 the civil parish was renamed from "Appleford" to "Appleford on Thames".[2]

Etymology

Appleford-on-Thames was known as Apleford as early as the 14th century, and was spelt indifferently with one 'p' and two as late as the 18th century. The name derives from the ford across the Thames, by which the fruit grown about Hagbourne and Harwell was taken to Oxfordshire markets. The ford existed as late as the 19th century.[3]

Archaeology

Evidence of a Romano-British settlement has been found in a field south of the parish church, as well as ceramics and human burials of the same period at Manor Farm.[4] In 1968 the Appleford HoardLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. of 4th-century Roman artefacts was found. It includes Roman coins, pewter ware, and ironmongery including tools, a chain and a padlock. The hoard is now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.[5]

History

In the 17th century, it was customary for villagers to "goe the Perambulation", meaning to beat the bounds of the Parish, on Ascension Day.[3]

The Appleford Feast was held on the first Sunday after St Peter's Day as late as the early 20th century, and was associated with the church.[3]

Manor

Anglo-Saxon Appleford was in existence by the last quarter of the 9th century, when King Alfred the Great of Wessex granted land there to one of his subjects.[4] The Domesday Book records that in 1086 the manor of Apleford belonged to Abingdon Abbey.[4] It remained so until the dissolution of the monasteries when the abbey surrendered properties including the manor of Apulford to the Crown in 1538.[4] Farming under an open-field system prevailed in the parish until 1838 when an enclosure award was made.[4]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saints Peter and Paul was originally a chapelry of Sutton Courtenay.[4] Saints Peter and Paul parish is now part of the Benefice of Sutton Courtenay with Appleford.[6]

The nave is 12th century Norman and the chancel was rebuilt early in the 13th century.[4] Surviving early features include a Norman door on the south side of the nave and an Early English Gothic door to the chancel.[7] The east and north walls of the chancel have original Early English lancet windows and the south wall has a Perpendicular Gothic window that was added in the 16th century.[4] The building was altered in the 19th century. The nave was remodelled and extended to designs by the architect Ewan Christian, and in 1885–86 the tower was rebuilt to hang a ring of six bells, and the spire was added to designs by the architect William Gilbee Scott.[7] Prior to this, the church had been in 'ruinous' condition, with the rebuilding only possible at the expense of Walter Justice.[3]

Bells

The tower has a ring of six bells. The fourth bell was cast at Wokingham, Berkshire late in the 14th century, and the fifth was cast by the same foundry late in the 15th century. John Warner & Sons of Cripplegate, London cast or recast the first (treble), second, third and sixth (tenor) bells in 1886,[8] in time to be rung for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. A plaque on the south-west wall in the church commemorates the ringing of a peal for the Millennium at noon on 1 January 2000. Currently[when?] the bells are unringable.

Organ

Samuel Green built the organ in 1777 for Abbey House of Sutton Courtenay. It was moved to Appleford parish church at a later date.[citation needed]

Transport

In 1844 the Great Western Railway opened an extension from Didcot to Oxford, passing through Appleford parish and crossing the River Thames just north of the village. The new line included a station at Appleford, but the station was closed after just five years. In 1933 the GWR opened a new halt on the site, which continues in service today as Appleford railway station. Appleford had a bus service until 2016 when Oxfordshire County Council withdrew its subsidy.[9] It was route 46, which ran once in each direction on a Monday morning between Clifton Hampden Post Office and Abingdon War Memorial.[10]

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Appleford railway station

Amenities

Appleford has a village hall[11] and a Women's Institute.[12] Appleford had a pub, the Carpenters Arms, but in 2012 it ceased trading and its owner applied for planning permission to convert it into a private house.[13]

References

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A thatched wall in Church Street

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area: Appleford (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Abingdon Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (1939). The Berkshire Book. Watlington House, Reading, Berks.: The Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes. pp. 10–15.
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Appleford Roman Pewter Hoard". Highlights of the British Collection. Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Archbishops' Council. "Benefice of Sutton Courtenay with Appleford". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Davies, Peter (24 November 2006). "Appleford SS Peter & Paul". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oliver, Matt (31 May 2016). "UPDATE: At least 50 Oxfordshire bus routes to go in July + full list of closures". Oxford Mail. Oxford. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oxfordshire Public Transport Map & Guide. Oxford: Oxfordshire County Council. 2010.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Village Hall". Hall and Field. Appleford Parish Council. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Women's Institute". Appleford Parish Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Planning Application P12/V2419/FUL" (PDF). Vale of White Horse District Council. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

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