Alvescot

Also known as Alvescot, Oxfordshire, Alvescot, Oxon

Alvescot is a village and civil parish about south of Carterton, Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 472.

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Place details

Locality: West Oxfordshire
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Alvescot
UK place.static_image_name: Alvescot StPeter south.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Peter's parish church
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP2704
UK place.population: 472
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Alvescot
UK place.shire_district: West Oxfordshire
UK place.shire_county: Oxfordshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.country: England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Witney
UK place.post_town: Bampton
UK place.postcode_district: OX18
UK place.postcode_area: OX
UK place.dial_code: 01993
UK place.website: Alvescot Parish Council

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Alvescot
Population: 472
Area: 768.61
Official website: www.wospweb.com/site/ALVESCOT-PARISH-COUNCIL
Image: Alvescot StPeter south.jpg
Dialing code: 01993

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Commons category: Alvescot
postal code: OX18
OS grid reference: SP2704
P8168: Zesh Rehman

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Archaeology
Church and chapel
Church of England
Baptist
Economic and social history
Amenities
References
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Alvescot is a village and civil parish about south of Carterton, Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 472.

==Archaeology== A Neolithic stone hand axe was found at Alvescot. Petrological analysis in 1940 identified the stone as epidotised tuff from Stake Pass in the Lake District, to the north. Stone axes from the same source have been found at Kencot, Abingdon, Sutton Courtenay and Minster Lovell.