Sutton Wick
| Sutton Wick | |
|---|---|
 Bridleway to Sutton Wick | |
  Sutton Wick Location within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU480945 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Abingdon |
| Postcode district | OX14 |
| Dialling code | 01235 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Drayton near Abingdon |
Sutton Wick is a hamlet contiguous with the village of Drayton, in the Vale of White Horse district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Governance
[edit]Sutton Wick was formerly a township in the parish of Sutton-Courtney,[1] in 1866 Sutton Wick became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Drayton, Abingdon and Sutton Courtenay.[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 267.[3]
Air crash
[edit]A Blackburn Beverley C.Mk 1 heavy transport aircraft on a flight from RAF Abingdon crashed at Sutton Wick on 5 March 1957. All but four of the 22 people aboard were killed in the accident, and two people were killed on the ground.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "History of Sutton Wick, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Sutton Wick CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Population statistics Sutton Wick CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 6 January 2010.
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