# Alvescot

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Village in Oxfordshire, England

Human settlement in England

Alvescot St Peter's parish church Alvescot Location within Oxfordshire Population 472 (2011 Census) OS grid reference SP2704 Civil parish Alvescot District West Oxfordshire Shire county Oxfordshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Bampton Postcode district OX18 Dialling code 01993 Police Thames Valley Fire Oxfordshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament Witney Website Alvescot Parish Council List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°44′31″N 1°35′28″W / 51.742°N 1.591°W / 51.742; -1.591

**Alvescot** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) south of [Carterton, Oxfordshire](/source/Carterton%2C_Oxfordshire), [England](/source/England). The [2011 Census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) recorded the parish's population as 472.[1]

## Archaeology

A [Neolithic](/source/Prehistoric_Britain#Neolithic) stone [hand axe](/source/Hand_axe) was found at Alvescot. [Petrological](/source/Petrology) analysis in 1940 identified the stone as [epidotised](/source/Epidote) [tuff](/source/Tuff) from [Stake Pass](/source/Rossett_Pike) in the [Lake District](/source/Lake_District), 230 miles (370 km) to the north. Stone axes from the same source have been found at [Kencot](/source/Kencot%2C_Oxfordshire), [Abingdon](/source/Abingdon-on-Thames), [Sutton Courtenay](/source/Sutton_Courtenay)[2] and [Minster Lovell](/source/Minster_Lovell).[3]

## Church and chapel

### Church of England

The [Church of England parish church](/source/Church_of_England_parish_church) of [Saint Peter](/source/Saint_Peter) is [cruciform](/source/Cruciform#Cruciform_architectural_plan). The [font](/source/Baptismal_font) is [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) and 12th- or 13th-century. The north [transept](/source/Transept) and blocked north doorway are early 13th-century. The hoodmould over the south doorway is either late 13th- or early 14th-century, and the south porch was added in the 14th century. In the 15th century the [nave](/source/Nave) was rebuilt and the present [Perpendicular Gothic](/source/English_Gothic_architecture#Perpendicular_Gothic) south transept and west tower were built. In the 16th century the south wall of the south transept was rebuilt and the present [piscina](/source/Piscina) in the south transept was inserted. St Peter's was restored in 1872 under the direction of the architects [William Slater](/source/William_Slater_(architect)) and [Richard Carpenter](/source/Richard_Carpenter_(architect)).[4] It is a [Grade II* listed building](/source/Listed_building#Categories_of_listed_building).[5]

The west tower has a [ring](/source/Change_ringing) of six bells.[6] Abraham II [Rudhall of Gloucester](/source/Rudhall_of_Gloucester) cast the tenor, second and fifth bells in 1727.[7] Robert and James Wells of [Aldbourne](/source/Aldbourne#Bell_foundry), Wiltshire cast the fourth bell in 1796.[7] George Mears of the [Whitechapel Bell Foundry](/source/Whitechapel_Bell_Foundry) cast the third bell in 1859.[7] The Whitechapel Bell Foundry also cast the treble bell in 1985.[7] St Peter's parish is now part of the [Benefice](/source/Benefice#Church_of_England) of Shill Valley and Broadshire.

### Baptist

Alvescot used to have a [Baptist](/source/Baptist) congregation. Its former chapel is now a private house.[8] There was also a [Methodist](/source/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain) congregation, but its chapel was demolished in the 1990s.[8]

## Economic and social history

In 1873 the [East Gloucestershire Railway](/source/Oxford%2C_Witney_and_Fairford_Railway) between [Fairford](/source/Fairford_railway_station) and [Witney](/source/Witney_railway_station) was opened. It provided [Alvescot railway station](/source/Alvescot_railway_station) just outside the village on the road to [Black Bourton](/source/Black_Bourton). The [Great Western Railway](/source/Great_Western_Railway) took over the line in 1890 and [British Railways](/source/British_Rail) closed it in 1962.

## Amenities

The Plough Inn

Alvescot has a [public house](/source/Public_house), the Plough Inn,[9] and a [Church of England](/source/Voluntary_controlled_school) infants' school.[10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Area: Alvescot (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119977&c=Alvescot&d=16&e=62&g=6459871&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1414949566651&enc=1). *[Neighbourhood Statistics](/source/Neighbourhood_Statistics)*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Retrieved 2 November 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarden1940165_2-0)** [Harden 1940](#CITEREFHarden1940), p. 165.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZeuner1952240_3-0)** [Zeuner 1952](#CITEREFZeuner1952), p. 240.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESherwoodPevsner1974421_4-0)** [Sherwood & Pevsner 1974](#CITEREFSherwoodPevsner1974), p. 421.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Church of St Peter (Grade II*) (1198102)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1198102?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, Witney & Woodstock Branch: Alvescot](http://www.witneyandwoodstock.org.uk/towerAlvescot1.html)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Dove_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Dove_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Dove_7-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Dove_7-3) Davies, Peter (3 January 2013). ["Alvescot S Peter"](http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Alvescot&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=ALVESCOT). *[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers](/source/Dove's_Guide_for_Church_Bell_Ringers)*. [Central Council of Church Bell Ringers](/source/Central_Council_of_Church_Bell_Ringers). Retrieved 28 June 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Churches&Chapels_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Churches&Chapels_8-1) ["Alvescot"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150221154621/http://oxfordshirechurches.info/Alvescot.htm). *Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels*. Brian Curtis. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [The Plough Inn](http://www.theploughinn.uk.com/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090104/http://www.theploughinn.uk.com/) 2 April 2015 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["St Peter's Church of England Infant School"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090923094422/http://www.st-peters-inf.oxon.sch.uk/). Archived from [the original](http://www.st-peters-inf.oxon.sch.uk/) on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

## Sources and further reading

- Harden, D.B. (1940). ["The Geological Origin of Four Stone Axes Found in the Oxford District"](http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1940/notes.pdf) (PDF). *[Oxoniensia](/source/Oxoniensia)*. **V**. [Oxford Architectural and Historical Society](/source/Oxfordshire_Architectural_and_Historical_Society): 165. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0308-5562](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0308-5562).

- Sherwood, Jennifer; [Pevsner, Nikolaus](/source/Nikolaus_Pevsner) (1974). *Oxfordshire*. [The Buildings of England](/source/Pevsner_Architectural_Guides#Buildings_of_England). Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 421–422. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-071045-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-071045-0).

- Colvin, Christina; Cragoe, Carol; Ortenberg, Veronica; Peberdy, R.B.; Selwyn, Nesta; Williamson, Elizabeth (2006). Townley, Simon C. (ed.). [*A History of the County of Oxford*](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol15). [Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History). Vol. 15: Carterton, Minster Lovell and Environs: Bampton Hundred (Part Three). Woodbridge: [Boydell & Brewer](/source/Boydell_%26_Brewer) for the [Institute of Historical Research](/source/Institute_of_Historical_Research). pp. 8–37. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-90435-606-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-90435-606-6).

- [Zeuner, F.E.](/source/F._E._Zeuner) (1952). ["A group VI neolithic axe from Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire"](http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9264615&fulltextType=XX&fileId=S0079497X00018387). *Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society*. **XVIII** (2). [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) for [The Prehistoric Society](/source/The_Prehistoric_Society): 240–241. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0958-8418](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0958-8418).

## External links

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- [Alvescot Parish Council](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092533/http://www.wospweb.com/site/ALVESCOT-PARISH-COUNCIL/)

- [Alvescot](https://opendomesday.org/place/SP2704/alvescot/) in the *[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)*

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