Oxton
Oxton is located in Nottinghamshire
Oxton
Oxton
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population568 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSK 62862 51305
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSOUTHWELL
Postcode districtNG25
Dialling code0115
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a 568 residents at the 2011 census.[1] It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Southwell, 5 miles (8 km) north of Lowdham, 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Nottingham and 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.

Oxton has a church dedicated to St Peter & St Paul;[2] a post office and two pubs. Oxton also has two fords – a small ford within the village itself, and a much larger ford on Beanford Lane – often as deep as 1-foot (0.30 m) whilst remaining open to all traffic. It is however closed each March, so that the toads found in the swamp-like area, which the ford crosses, can breed.

Toponymy

Oxton seems to contain the Old English word for an ox, oxa, + tūn (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Ox farm or settlement'.[3]

Notable resident

Bus services

NottsBus

747: Oxton – Calverton – Lowdham

See also

References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Oxton Parish (E04007935)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ↑ N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (1979), p.286
  3. ↑ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.172; A.D.Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.265; E .Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.356
  4. ↑ "No. 35859". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 January 1943. pp. 283–284.

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