Oxenton is a village and

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 ...

north east of

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...

, in the

Tewkesbury Tewkesbury ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the north of Gloucestershire, England. The town grew following the construction of Tewkesbury Abbey in the twelfth century and played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses. It stands at ...

district, in the county of

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, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 162. The parish touches Alderton,

Ashchurch Rural Ashchurch Rural is a civil parish in Tewkesbury Borough in Gloucestershire, England. It includes the settlements of Ashchurch, Walton Cardiff, Aston Cross, Aston on Carrant, Pamington and Natton. The parish was created on 1 April 2008 from the f ...

Gotherington Gotherington is a small village north of Bishops Cleeve in Gloucestershire, England. It is surrounded on the north by the villages of Woolstone and Oxenton, and to the south by Woodmancote and Bishop's Cleeve, a very large urban village. ...

Teddington Teddington is an affluent suburb of London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Historically an Civil parish#ancient parishes, ancient parish in the county of Middlesex and situated close to the border with Surrey, the district became ...

and

Stoke Orchard Stoke Orchard is a village or hamlet approximately northwest of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Background Stoke Orchard was formerly home to the Coal Research Establishment of the National Coal Board, which moved onto the site of a M ...

. It is on the west side of Oxenton Hill, a northern outlier of the

Cotswolds The Cotswolds ( ) is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham. The area is defined by the bedroc ...

. Oxenton has a

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Landmarks

There are 22 listed buildings in Oxenton. Oxenton has a church called St John the Baptist and a village hall.

History

The name "Oxenton" means 'Ox hill'. Oxenton was recorded in the

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as ''Oxendone''. On 1 April 1935 Woolstone parish was abolished and merged with Oxenton.

References

Villages in Gloucestershire Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Borough of Tewkesbury {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub