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Eynsham
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Also known as Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Eynsham, Oxon

Eynsham is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about north-west of Oxford and east of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 4,648. It was estimated at 5,087 in 2020.

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Place details

Locality
West Oxfordshire
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
4,648
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Eynsham
UK place.static_image_name
Eynsham StLeonard SE.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption
St Leonard's parish church
UK place.os_grid_reference
SP4309
UK place.label_position
left
UK place.population
4648
UK place.population_ref
(parish, including Barnard Gate) (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish
Eynsham
UK place.shire_district
West Oxfordshire
UK place.shire_county
Oxfordshire
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.country
England
UK place.post_town
WITNEY
UK place.postcode_district
OX29
UK place.postcode_area
OX
UK place.dial_code
01865
UK place.constituency_westminster
Bicester and Woodstock
UK place.website
Eynsham Online!

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Population
4648
Official website
eynsham-pc.gov.uk
Image
Eynsham StLeonard SE.JPG
Dialing code
01865
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Commons category
Eynsham
postal code
OX29
OS grid reference
SP432093
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  • Notable residents
  • See also
  • References
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Eynsham is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about north-west of Oxford and east of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 4,648. It was estimated at 5,087 in 2020.

==Etymology== Eynsham's name is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which took its present form in the later ninth century, as Egonesham. (The Chronicle portrays the settlement as one of four captured by a West Saxon named Cuthwulf in 571 CE following the Battle of Bedcanford. The historicity of the battle is, however, in doubt.) The name is thought to derive from the Old English personal name Ægen, in its genitive form Ægenes, combined with the word ("river-meadow"). Thus the name once meant "Ægen's river-meadow".

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