Elsfield
Sign in to saveElsfield is an English village and civil parish about northeast of the centre of Oxford. The village is above sea level on the western brow of a hill with relatively steep sides above the River Cherwell. For relative reference purposes, the Oxford alluvial flood plain is at 60 metres above sea level.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Elsfield
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP539101
- UK place.static_image_name
- Elsfield StThomasC NW 01.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Thomas of Canterbury parish church
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 1.53
- UK place.population
- 191
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census, includes Woodeaton)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Elsfield
- UK place.shire_district
- South Oxfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- Oxford
- UK place.postcode_district
- OX3
- UK place.postcode_area
- OX
- UK place.dial_code
- 01865
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Henley and Thame
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- Notable inhabitants
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Elsfield is an English village and civil parish about northeast of the centre of Oxford. The village is above sea level on the western brow of a hill with relatively steep sides above the River Cherwell. For relative reference purposes, the Oxford alluvial flood plain is at 60 metres above sea level.
==Parish church== The chancel arch of the Church of England parish church dates from at least the latter part of the 12th century. The church formerly had a north aisle that may also have dated from this period. There is a canonical sundial on the south wall. In about 1273 the church was remodelled and rededicated to St Thomas of Canterbury. The Decorated Gothic east window was added in about the 14th century. Either side of the south doorway are two Perpendicular Gothic windows that were added in about the 15th century. The pulpit is Jacobean.