Bix and Assendon, formerly just Bix is a mainly rural
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the high
Chilterns just north of
Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Thames, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, Berkshire, Reading, west of M ...
in
South Oxfordshire
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, in the county of
Oxfordshire
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, England. The parish includes the villages of
Bix,
Lower Assendon and
Middle Assendon. The
2011 census recorded a parish population of 531 mainly clustered in the settlements mentioned in its total area of 9.79 km
2.
On 22 July 1986 the parish was rename from "Bix" to "Bix & Assendon".
References
External links
The Parish of Bix & Assendon
Civil parishes in Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire District
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