Frilford

Frilford
Frilford
	Dog House Hotel, near Frilford Heath
	Frilford Location within Oxfordshire
Population	212 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	SU4397
Civil parish	Frilford;
District	Vale of White Horse;
Shire county	Oxfordshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Abingdon
Postcode district	OX13
Dialling code	01865
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Witney;
	List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°40′16″N 1°21′43″W / 51.671°N 1.362°W

Frilford is a hamlet and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Abingdon at the junction of the A415 and A338 roads. It was part of Berkshire until it transferred to Oxfordshire in the 1974 boundary changes.

Archaeology

The parish of Frilford has two significant archaeological sites: a Roman villa, and a cemetery on Frilford Heath that appears to include both Roman and Saxon burials.^[2] A further complex of remains, including a Roman shrine and amphitheatre, is often referred to as being in Frilford but lies to the south of the village, just inside the boundary of Marcham parish.

Churches

Frilford is part of the Church of England parish of Marcham. It has no Church of England parish church of its own, but a Congregational chapel was built at Frilford in 1841.^[3]

Amenities

Frilford Heath Golf Club is to the east of the village. Abingdon Preparatory School at Frilford, formerly Joscas, is a preparatory school.

Transport

Three Stagecoach in Oxfordshire bus routes serve Frilford. Route 15 to Witney and Abingdon. Routes S8 (via Abingdon) and S9 (via Cumnor) to Wantage and Oxford.

People

Notable people from Frilford include Dr Gary Botting, born at Oakley House Maternity Hospital on 19 July 1943, who became a noted Canadian extradition lawyer.^[4]

References

^ "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
^ Pevsner, 1966, page 144
^ Page & Ditchfield, 1924, pages 354–360
^ "ABCBookWorld". Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.

Sources & further reading

Akerman, 1865. Report on excavations in an ancient cemetery at Frilford. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 3, 136–41
Bradford, J.S.P.; Goodchild, R.G. (1939). "Excavations at Frilford, Berks, 1937-8" (PDF). Oxoniensia. 4: 1–80.
Haverfield, F. 1897. A Roman villa at Frilford. Archaeological Journal, 54, 340–54
Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 354–360.
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 144.
Rolleston, G. 1869. Researches and excavations at an ancient cemetery at Frilford. Archaeologia, 42, 417-85 doi:10.1017/S0261340900003301
Rolleston, G. 1880. Further researches in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Frilford. Archaeologia, 45, 405-10

External links

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[1] "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 January 2011.

[2] Pevsner, 1966, page 144

[3] Page & Ditchfield, 1924, pages 354–360

[4] "ABCBookWorld". Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.

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v t e The District of the Vale of White Horse
Oxfordshire County Council elections District Council elections Didcot and Wantage County Constituency Oxford West and Abingdon County Constituency Witney County Constituency
Towns	Abingdon-on-Thames Caldecott Faringdon Wantage Belmont
Large villages	Blewbury Cumnor Chilswell Cumnor Hill Dean Court Farmoor Swinford Drayton East Challow East Hendred Grove Harwell Kennington Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Kingston Bagpuize Southmoor Marcham Cothill Milton North Hinksey Botley Harcourt Hill Radley St. Helen Without Dry Sandford Shippon Shrivenham Stanford in the Vale Bow Steventon Sunningwell Bayworth Boars Hill Foxcombe Hill Sutton Courtenay Watchfield Wootton Boars Hill Henwood Lamborough Hill
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Appleford-on-Thames Appleton-with-Eaton Appleton Eaton Ardington and Lockinge Ardington Ardington Wick East Lockinge West Lockinge West Ginge Ashbury Idstone Kingstone Winslow Baulking Besselsleigh Bourton Buckland Gainfield Buscot Charney Bassett Childrey Chilton Coleshill Compton Beauchamp Knighton Denchworth East Hanney Eaton Hastings Fernham Frilford Fyfield and Tubney Fyfield Tubney Netherton Garford Goosey Great Coxwell Hatford Little Hatford Hinton Waldrist Duxford Kingston Lisle Letcombe Bassett Letcombe Regis Little Coxwell Littleworth Longcot Longworth Lyford Pusey Shellingford South Hinksey Hinksey Hill Sparsholt Uffington Upton West Challow West Hanney West Hendred East Ginge Western Valley Woolstone Wytham Seacourt
Former districts and boroughs	Municipal Borough of Abingdon Abingdon Rural District Faringdon Rural District Wantage Urban District Wantage Rural District
Former constituencies	Oxfordshire County Constituency Abingdon Borough Constituency Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency Abingdon County Constituency Wantage County Constituency
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