Ascott-under-Wychwood

Ascott under Wychwood
Ascott under Wychwood shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP3018
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Ascott-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire.

[edit] Location

Holy Trinity church Ascott under Wychwood

Ascott-under-Wychwood is located on the south bank of the River Evenlode and is named for the historic forest of Wychwood. Ascott-under-Wychwood is a close neighbour to the other ancient Wychwood villages, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Milton-under-Wychwood, Fifield, Idbury and Leafield. The population was 504 according to the 2001 census.

The village contains the Ascott-under-Wychwood railway station, which is on the Cotswold Line. The long barrow of Cotswold-Severn type on the upper Evenlode (NGR SP299175, OXF 6) was excavated in the late 1960s, the report has recently been published.