Towns & cities · West Midlands
Enstone
Enstone — village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Charlbury · 5.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Enstone is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 1,103 people. Address: OX7. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England". Coordinates: 51.9180°, -1.4540°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Enstone is a village and civil parish in England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Chipping Norton and 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Oxford city. The civil parish, one of Oxfordshire's largest, consists of the villages of Church Enstone and Neat Enstone, with the hamlets of Chalford, Cleveley, Fulwell, Gagingwell, Lidstone and Radford. The 2011 Census put the parish population as 1,139 living in 453 households. It was estimated at 1,256 in 2019.
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Background
Description
Thomas Bushell (c. 1593 1674) was a servant of Francis Bacon who went on to become a mining engineer and defender of Lundy Island for the Royalist cause during the Civil War. Bushell came to live in Oxfordshire, where he had an estate at Road Enstone. There he found a spring and rock formation which he turned into an attraction as a grotto, and eventually a collection of water-powered special effects ('giochi d’aqua') which became known as 'Bushell's Wells' or the ‘Enstone Marvels’. There is a detailed description in Robert Plot’s Natural History of Oxfordshire (1677), including some engraved illustrations. They were demolished in 1836. In the 1630s Charles I paid Bushell an unexpected…
Visiting
Enstone in bygone times is described in Lifting the Latch, a biography of the farm labourer Mont Abbott, by Sheila Stewart.
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- Coordinates
- 51.9180, -1.4540
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- West Oxfordshire
- Parish
- Enstone
- Postcode
- OX7
- Parliamentary constituency
- Banbury
- Population
- 1,103
- Nearest railway station
- Charlbury — 5.6 km
- Official site
- www.enstonevillage.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1145119 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Enstone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: ChurchEnstone StKenelm NorthEast afternoon.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Enstone?
- Enstone is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX7), in the parish of Enstone.
- Is Enstone a protected site?
- Yes — Enstone is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Enstone free to visit?
- Yes, Enstone is free to enter.
- How do I get to Enstone?
- The nearest railway station is Charlbury, about 5.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode OX7.