Ambrosden
Sign in to saveAmbrosden is a village and civil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, southwest of Bicester to which it is linked by the A41 road, and from Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,248. The parish is bounded by the River Ray to the south, its tributary the River Bure to the west, the outskirts of Bicester to the north and field boundaries to the east.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cherwell
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,662
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ambrosden StMaryV SE.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary the Virgin parish church
- UK place.official_name
- Ambrosden
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.26
- UK place.population
- 2248
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ambrosden
- UK place.shire_district
- Cherwell
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bicester and Woodstock
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cherwell
- Population
- +1749
- Area
- +7.26
- Shares border with
- Blackthorn
- Image
- Ambrosden StMaryV SE.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Toponym
- Archaeology
- Manor
- Page-Turner baronets
- Parish church
- Economic and social history
- Amenities
- Notes
- References
- External links
Ambrosden is a village and civil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, southwest of Bicester to which it is linked by the A41 road, and from Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,248. The parish is bounded by the River Ray to the south, its tributary the River Bure to the west, the outskirts of Bicester to the north and field boundaries to the east.
The village is east of Alchester Roman Town. Ambrosden has a Church of England parish church and a public house. Since the Second World War Ambrosden has housed British Army personnel stationed at St. George's Barracks, which is at Arncott about south of Ambrosden. The Ministry of Defence had many new houses built at Ambrosden in the early 1950s.