Bloxham
Sign in to saveBloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire several miles from the Cotswolds, about southwest of Banbury. It is on the edge of a valley and overlooked by Hobb Hill. The village is on the A361 road. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 3,374.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Bloxham
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP4235
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bloxham, Cherwell.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Part of Bloxham village, withSt Mary's church spire in the background
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 12.72
- UK place.population
- 3374
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bloxham
- UK place.shire_district
- Cherwell
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cherwell
- Population
- +3132
- Area
- +12.72
- Shares border with
- Tadmarton
- Official website
- www.bloxhamparishcouncil.co.uk
- Image
- Bloxham museum.jpg
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Bloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire several miles from the Cotswolds, about southwest of Banbury. It is on the edge of a valley and overlooked by Hobb Hill. The village is on the A361 road. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 3,374.
==History== ===Roman=== Under Roman rule between the 1st and 5th centuries AD there were several farms and a burial site in the Bloxham area. A poor farming community lived at a site west of the present village.