Elsfield
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| Area | 1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi) |
| Population | 191 (2011 census, includes Woodeaton)[1] |
| • Density | 125/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SP539101] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode district | OX3 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
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| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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Elsfield is an English village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford. The village is 310 feet (94 m) above sea level on the western brow of a hill with relatively steep sides above the River Cherwell. For relative reference purposes, the Oxford alluvial flood plain is at 60 metres above sea level.
Parish church
The chancel arch of the Church of England parish church dates from at least the latter part of the 12th century. The church formerly had a north aisle that may also have dated from this period. There is a canonical sundial on the south wall. In about 1273 the church was remodelled and rededicated to St Thomas of Canterbury. The Decorated Gothic east window was added in about the 14th century.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Either side of the south doorway are two Perpendicular Gothic windows that were added in about the 15th century.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The pulpit is Jacobean.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
In 1849 the church was heavily restored in an Early English Gothic style.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Until then, the blocked arcade of the north aisle was visible in the north wall of the nave.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. During the restoration the arcade seems to have been removed; there are 12th-century capitals in the Vicarage garden that may have come from it.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The floor and seating were renewed in 1859 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. In about 1860 a mosaic reredos by Salviati was added in the chancel.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. St. Thomas's is a Grade II* listed building.[2]
Notable inhabitants
The novelist John Buchan (Governor General of Canada, 1935–1940) lived at Elsfield Manor from 1919 until 1935. His ashes are buried in St Thomas's churchyard.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area: Elsfield: Parish: Key Statistics: Population Density". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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Sources and further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1957). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5: Bullingdon Hundred. Victoria County History. pp. 116–122.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Masheder, Mildred (2007). Carrier's Cart to Oxford. Charlbury: The Wychwood Press. ISBN 978-1-902279-28-2.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 591–592. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
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