Ambrosden
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Ambrosden is a village and civil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, southwest of Bicester to which it is linked by the A41 road, and from Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,248. The parish is bounded by the River Ray to the south, its tributary the River Bure to the west, the outskirts of Bicester to the north and field boundaries to the east.
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Vinony's link graph records 140 inbound references to Ambrosden, and connects out to Wardington, civil parish and Cherwell.
It is catalogued under topics including Cherwell District, Civil parishes in Oxfordshire and OpenDomesday.
Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Cherwell
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,662
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ambrosden StMaryV SE.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary the Virgin parish church
- UK place.official_name
- Ambrosden
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.26
- UK place.population
- 2248
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ambrosden
- UK place.shire_district
- Cherwell
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bicester and Woodstock
- UK place.post_town
- Bicester
- UK place.postcode_district
- OX25
- UK place.postcode_area
- OX
- UK place.dial_code
- 01869
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP5822
- UK place.website
- Ambrosden Parish Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cherwell
- Population
- 1749
- Area
- 7.26
- Shares border with
- Blackthorn
- Image
- Ambrosden StMaryV SE.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01869
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- Ambrosden
- postal code
- OX25
- OS grid reference
- SP5822
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Toponym
- Archaeology
- Manor
- Page-Turner baronets
- Parish church
- Economic and social history
- Amenities
- Notes
- References
- External links
Ambrosden is a village and civil parish in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, southwest of Bicester to which it is linked by the A41 road, and from Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,248. The parish is bounded by the River Ray to the south, its tributary the River Bure to the west, the outskirts of Bicester to the north and field boundaries to the east.
The village is east of Alchester Roman Town. Ambrosden has a Church of England parish church and a public house. Since the Second World War Ambrosden has housed British Army personnel stationed at St. George's Barracks, which is at Arncott about south of Ambrosden. The Ministry of Defence had many new houses built at Ambrosden in the early 1950s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ambrosden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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