Finmere

Also known as Finmere, Oxfordshire

Finmere is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, south of the River Great Ouse. It is on the county boundary with Buckinghamshire, almost west of Buckingham and just over east of Brackley in Northamptonshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 466.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Finmere
UK place.static_image_name: Finmere Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 1045995.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Michael & All Angels parish church
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP6332
UK place.label_position: top
UK place.area_total_km2: 6.35
UK place.population: 466
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Finmere
UK place.shire_district: Cherwell
UK place.shire_county: Oxfordshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.country: England
UK place.post_town: Buckingham
UK place.postcode_area: MK
UK place.postcode_district: MK18
UK place.dial_code: 01280
UK place.constituency_westminster: Bicester and Woodstock

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Wikidata facts

Population: 436
Area: 6.35
Official website: www.finmerepc.org
Image: Finmere Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 1045995.jpg
Dialing code: 01280

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Commons category: Finmere
postal code: MK18
OS grid reference: SP6332

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Contents

Archaeology
Manor
Parish church
Social and economic history
Historic houses
Transport
RAF Finmere
Amenities
References
Sources and further reading
External links

==Archaeology== In 2000 archaeologists found evidence of Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman activity in Finmere Quarry about west of the village. Five early Bronze Age cremation pits were excavated, and from one pit two collared urns were recovered. The cremations were dated to about 2040 to 1880 BC.