Oxton, Nottinghamshire
Oxton has a church dedicated to St Peter & St Paul; 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'.
Notable people
- Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, awarded the Victoria Cross, was born in Oxton.
Bus services
NottsBus
747: Oxton – Calverton – Lowdham
The Calverton: Calverton - Arnold - Nottingham (Limited Service)
See also
References
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Oxton Parish (E04007935)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Oxton (Newark and Sherwood) parish (E04007935)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (1979), p.286
- ^ 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
- ^ "No. 35859". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 January 1943. pp. 283–284.
External links
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