Beckley, Oxfordshire
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| Beckley | |
  Beckley shown within Oxfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Beckley and Stowood |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OXFORD |
| Postcode district | OX3 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Beckley is a small village and in the civil parish of Beckley and Stowood, about 10 miles east from the centre of Oxford. It consists of a village hall, farm shop and gastropub, the Abingdon Arms. It is also famous for its towering TV mast. Nearby the remains of a Roman Villa have been found, with the remains currently in the Ashmolean Museum.
The manor of Beckley was once held by the Izard family, who purchased the rectory in 1568.[1] Memorials in Beckley church to the family include one dedicated to John Izard, 'Spanish merchant,' who died in 1694.[2] Dorothy Izard of this family married the Rev. Nicholas Levet (Levett), minister of Westbourne, West Sussex and fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.[3] The Izard family eventually sold the rectory in which they had resided to the Duke of Bedford[4] The Izard family also held the nearby manor of Charlton-on-Otmoor.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ The Visitations of the county of Oxford taken in the years 1566, Richard Lee, William Harvey, 1871
- ^ History of Beckley
- ^ Oxford Historical Society, 1894
- ^ A guide to the architectural antiquities in the neighbourhood of Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1846
- ^ Charlton-on-Otmoor, A History of the County of Oxford, Victoria County History, 1959, British History Online
- ^ A guide to the architectural antiquities in the neighbourhood of Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1846
