Eynsham
Sign in to saveEynsham is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about north-west of Oxford and east of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 4,648. It was estimated at 5,087 in 2020.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Oxfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,648
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Eynsham
- UK place.static_image_name
- Eynsham StLeonard SE.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Leonard's parish church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP4309
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 4648
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, including Barnard Gate) (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Eynsham
- UK place.shire_district
- West Oxfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Oxfordshire
- Population
- +4648
- Shares border with
- Cassington
- Official website
- eynsham-pc.gov.uk
- Image
- Eynsham StLeonard SE.JPG
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
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- Rail
- Industry
- Churches
- Church of England
- Baptist
- Roman Catholic
- Amenities
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Eynsham is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about north-west of Oxford and east of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 4,648. It was estimated at 5,087 in 2020.
==Etymology== Eynsham's name is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which took its present form in the later ninth century, as Egonesham. (The Chronicle portrays the settlement as one of four captured by a West Saxon named Cuthwulf in 571 CE following the Battle of Bedcanford. The historicity of the battle is, however, in doubt.) The name is thought to derive from the Old English personal name Ægen, in its genitive form Ægenes, combined with the word ("river-meadow"). Thus the name once meant "Ægen's river-meadow".