Tingewick is a village and

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about west of

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in the unitary authority area of

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, England. The parish is bounded to the north by the

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, to the east by a tributary of the Great Ouse, to the west by the county boundary with Oxfordshire and to the south by field boundaries. The village was formerly on the

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but from 1998 has been bypassed by a

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. The parish comprises about of mainly arable farmland and pasture with some woodland. Part of the village is a

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and a number of the 450 dwellings are

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History

The remains of a

Roman villa A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house built in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions. Typology and distribution Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) distinguished two kinds of villas ...

provide evidence of early habitation in the parish.Page, 1927, pages 249-251 It is about northeast of the village, about from the river and lies east of Tingewick Mill.Pevsner, 1960, page 269 The villa was partly excavated in 1860–62. The

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is derived from the Old English for "Teoda's dwelling". The

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of 1086 records the village as ''Tedinwiche''. The earliest part of the

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of Saint

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is the Norman 12th century

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. The three-

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north

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was added in about 1200. The

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Pevsner, 1960, page 268

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and

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were added late in the 15th century. The north aisle was altered in the 17th century, the south aisle was added in 1830 and the south porch in 1867. The tower has a ring of five bells. The oldest was cast in London in about 1490 and is inscribed ''Nomen Magdalene Campana Gerit Melodie''. The second bell was cast by Bartholomew Atton of Buckingham in 1591. Robert Atton of Buckingham cast the fourth bell in 1623 and the treble bell in 1627. The youngest bell in the ring is the tenor, cast by Henry Bagley III of Chacombe and

Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is ...

in 1721.

Amenities

The village has one

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, the Royal Oak, with The Crown, a grade II listed building, closing permanently in 2013. Tingewick has a village hall, a Post Office and village shop, a pottery, an auction room, an agricultural metal work factory, an animal feed warehouse and a farm supplies depot. Tingewick is served by Roundwood Primary School, which was formed by merging the Tingewick and Gawcott infants schools. The village has held three large charity concerts called 'Party in the Paddock' in 2004, 2005 and 2008.Party in the Paddock
/ref> The event has included acts such as

Bernie Marsden Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as "Fool for Your Loving" ...

Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the Rock music, rock band The Who. Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Ge ...

with

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, Zak Starkey,

Marillion Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979. They emerged from the post-punk music scene in Britain and existed as a bridge between the styles of punk rock and classic progressive rock, becoming the mos ...

Don Airey Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moor ...

and Nikki Murray. There are rumours circulating that Peter Andre is set to appear in the summer of 2022 along with special guest Naan Bread, however nothing has been officially confirmed. Tingewick Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest south of the village.

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The People of Tingewick
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