# Oaksey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oaksey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oaksey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaksey > Source revision: 1320400817 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Oaksey** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), England, on the county boundary with [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire). The village is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the [market town](/source/Market_town) of [Malmesbury](/source/Malmesbury) and a similar distance south south west of the Gloucestershire market town of [Cirencester](/source/Cirencester). The [Swill Brook](/source/Swill_Brook) forms part of the northern boundary of the parish. ## History A settlement of 28 households at *Wochesie* was recorded in [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086.[1] There was a church at Oaksey in the 12th century, and in 1377 there were 86 poll tax payers.[2] Norwood Castle is an earthwork about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) north of the village at Dean Farm. It may be the remains of a [Norman](/source/History_of_England#Norman_England) [motte-and-bailey](/source/Motte-and-bailey) castle.[2] An early manor house, near the church, was in ruins by 1593. Oaksey Park House, a three-storey manor house, was built in the early 17th century, possibly for [Sir Henry Poole](/source/Henry_Poole_(died_1632)). It was demolished in 1956.[2] ## Parish church The [Grade I listed](/source/Listed_building)[3] [Church of England parish church](/source/Church_of_England_parish_church) of [All Saints](/source/All_Saints'_Day)[4] existed by the first half of the 12th century, and the [nave](/source/Nave) walls of the current building may date from that time.[2] In the 13th century the [chancel](/source/Chancel) was rebuilt and the three-[bay](/source/Bay_(architecture)) south [aisle](/source/Aisle#Architecture) was added, along with the south porch.[2] The [Decorated Gothic](/source/English_Gothic_architecture#Decorated_Gothic)[5] north porch was added in the first half of the 14th century.[2] The five-bay [Perpendicular Gothic](/source/English_Gothic_architecture#Perpendicular_Gothic)[5] [clerestory](/source/Clerestory) was added in the first half of the 15th century.[2] Further Perpendicular Gothic additions were made early in the 16th century: the south aisle was extended to form the south chapel, new windows were inserted in the north wall of the nave, the third stage of the tower was added.[2] A number of [wall paintings](/source/Mural) were painted in the church either in the 15th century[6] or early in the 16th century.[2] Those that survive today include a painting of [Saint Christopher](/source/Saint_Christopher) with a [mermaid](/source/Mermaid),[7] one of [Christ](/source/Jesus) surrounded by instruments of torture as a warning to [Sabbath](/source/Sabbath_in_Christianity) breakers[6] and a badly damaged one of [Saint Edmund](/source/Edmund_the_Martyr).[6] In 1553 the tower had three bells, one of which had been cast at [Worcester](/source/Worcester,_England).[2] In 1773 these were replaced by a [ring](/source/Change_ringing) of six new bells cast by [Thomas Rudhall](/source/Rudhall_of_Gloucester) of Gloucester.[2] In 1960 the ring was [recast](/source/Bellfounding) by [John Taylor & Co](/source/John_Taylor_%26_Co) of Loughborough.[2] ## Amenities Oaksey has a [pub](/source/Pub), the Wheatsheaf Inn.[8] A corrugated iron village hall was built in Oaksey in the 1920s[9] and a replacement was opened in 2000 by [Prince Charles](/source/Prince_Charles).[10] Oaksey has primary school, a shop and Post Office, a cricket club, a football club which plays in the [Cirencester and District League](/source/Cirencester_and_District_League) and a branch of the [Women's Institute](/source/Women's_Institute). Oaksey Park Airfield ([ICAO code](/source/ICAO_airport_code) EGTW) has two grass runways[11] and is operated by Austen Aviation Services.[12] The [Cotswold Water Park](/source/Cotswold_Water_Park) extends into the eastern part of the parish. ## Railway The [Golden Valley Line](/source/Golden_Valley_Line) between [Swindon](/source/Swindon_railway_station) and [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham_Spa_railway_station) was built across the parish in 1841. Between 1929 and 1964 there was a small station ([Oaksey Halt](/source/Oaksey_Halt_railway_station)) adjacent to the bridge carrying the road to [Somerford Keynes](/source/Somerford_Keynes) over the line. The nearest station still in operation is [Kemble](/source/Kemble_railway_station), about 3 miles (4.8 km) distance by road. ## References 1. Crowley, D.A. (ed.) (1991). ["Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 14 pp176–186: Parishes: Oaksey"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol14/pp176-186). *British History Online*. University of London. Retrieved 22 March 2015. 1. ["Church of All Saints, Oaksey"](https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/1241). *Wiltshire Community History*. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 22 March 2015. 1. Pevsner & Cherry, 1975, page 362 1. Marshall, Anne. ["Warning to Sabbath Breakers: Oaksey, Wiltshire (‡Bristol) C.15"](http://www.paintedchurch.org/oaksey.htm). *Mediaeval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church*. Anne Marshall. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 1. Marshall, Anne. ["St.Christopher, Oaksey, Wiltshire (‡ Bristol) C.15"](http://www.paintedchurch.org/oakschr.htm). *Mediaeval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church*. Anne Marshall. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 1. ["The Wheatsheaf"](http://www.wheatsheafoaksey.co.uk/). Retrieved 28 September 2019. 1. ["Prince agrees to open village hall"](https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7399820.prince-agrees-to-open-village-hall/). 18 August 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2024. 1. ["Oaksey Village Hall"](https://www.oakseyvillage.org/village-hall/). Retrieved 22 March 2015. 1. ["Oaksey Park Airfield"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190928143828/http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/Airfields/oaksey.html). *Light Aircraft Association*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/Airfields/oaksey.html) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-28. 1. ["Austen broadens services at Oaksey"](https://www.businessairnews.com/mag_story.html?ident=12936). *Business Air News*. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-05. ## Sources and further reading - Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1991). *[Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History): A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 14: Malmesbury hundred*. Crowley, D. A. (ed.). pp. 176–186. - Pevsner, Nikolaus (1975). *[The Buildings of England](/source/Pevsner_Architectural_Guides#Buildings_of_England): Wiltshire*. Cherry, Bridget (ed.). Harmondsworth: [Penguin Books](/source/Penguin_Books). pp. 362–363. ISBN 0-14-0710-26-4. ## External links - [Oaksey village website](https://www.oakseyvillage.org/) - ["Oaksey"](https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/175). *Wiltshire Community History*. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 22 March 2015. - [Oaksey Village Hall website](https://www.oakseyvillagehall.co.uk/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Oaksey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaksey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaksey?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.