{{Short description|Village in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Oxenton | civil_parish = Oxenton | country= England | region= South West England |coordinates = {{coord|51.980846|-2.0639736|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference= | post_town= | postcode_area= | postcode_district= | dial_code= | shire_district= Tewkesbury | shire_county= Gloucestershire | hide_services= Yes | population =162 | population_ref =(2011 census) | area_total_km2=7.719 |static_image=Oxenton Church - geograph.org.uk - 714101.jpg |static_image_caption= |website= }} '''Oxenton''' is a village and civil parish {{convert|11|mi|km}} north east of Gloucester,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/gazetteer/howfar?from=121513&to=121146|title=Distance from Oxenton [51.98356, 2.061695]|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref> in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 162.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/tewkesbury/E04004414__oxenton/|title=Oxenton|publisher=City Population De.|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref> The parish touches Alderton, Ashchurch Rural, Gotherington, Teddington and Stoke Orchard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020339|title=Oxenton|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref> It is on the west side of Oxenton Hill, a northern outlier of the Cotswolds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol8/pp220-228|title=Parishes: Oxenton|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref> Oxenton has a parish meeting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gaptc.org.uk/local-council-contacts/oxenton|title=Oxenton (Parish Meeting)|publisher=Gloucestershire Association of Parish and Town Councils|accessdate=10 May 2021|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511115625/https://www.gaptc.org.uk/local-council-contacts/oxenton|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Landmarks == There are 22 listed buildings in Oxenton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/oxenton-tewkesbury-gloucestershire|title=Listed buildings in Oxenton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref> Oxenton has a church called St John the Baptist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14416/|title=St John the Baptist|publisher=A Church Near You|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref> and a village hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grcc.org.uk/village-hall-finder/village-hall/oxenton-village-hall|title=Village Hall|publisher=GRCC|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref>
== History == The name "Oxenton" means 'Ox hill'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Gloucestershire/Oxenton|title=Oxenton Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> Oxenton was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Oxendone''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/gloucestershire2.html#oxenton|title=Gloucestershire G-P|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref> On 1 April 1935 Woolstone parish was abolished and merged with Oxenton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10385969|title=Oxenton Ch/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=10 May 2021}}</ref>
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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire Category:Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Category:Borough of Tewkesbury
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