Lewknor
Sign in to saveLewknor is a village and civil parish about south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Postcombe and South Weston. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663.
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Place details
- Locality
- South Oxfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 322
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Lewknor
- UK place.static_image_name
- Lewknor Church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Margaret's parish church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU7197
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 13.13
- UK place.population
- 663
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, including Postcombe and South Weston) (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lewknor
- UK place.shire_district
- South Oxfordshire
- 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
- South Oxfordshire
- Population
- +663
- Area
- +13.13
- Shares border with
- Stoke Talmage
- Official website
- www.lewknor-pc.org.uk
- Image
- Lewknor Church.jpg
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- P8168
- Piccadilly line
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Iron Age and Roman era
- Saxon era and Middle Ages
- Parish church
- Social and economic history
- Inclosure
- School
- Transport
- Air crash
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Amenities
- References
- Sources and further reading
- External links
Lewknor is a village and civil parish about south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Postcombe and South Weston. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663.
==Early history== ===Iron Age and Roman era=== Two ancient roads pass through the parish: the ancient Icknield Way at the foot of the Chiltern Hills escarpment and The Ridgeway along the top. Both have been roads since at least the Iron Age. Early in the 1970s archaeological investigations prior to building of the M40 motorway through the parish found traces of a Romano-British settlement near the village and a Romano-British cemetery near Icknield Way.