Yarnton

Also known as Yarnton, Oxfordshire, Yarnton, Oxon

Yarnton is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about southwest of Kidlington and northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,545.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Yarnton
UK place.static_image_name: Yarnton StBartholomew southeast.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption: St Bartholomew's parish church
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP4712
UK place.label_position: left
UK place.population: 2545
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Yarnton
UK place.shire_district: Cherwell
UK place.shire_county: Oxfordshire
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.country: England
UK place.post_town: Kidlington
UK place.postcode_district: OX5
UK place.postcode_area: OX
UK place.dial_code: 01865
UK place.constituency_westminster: Bicester and Woodstock
UK place.website: Yarnton Village

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2523
Area: 712.49
Official website: www.yarnton-village.org.uk
Image: Yarnton StBartholomew southeast.JPG
Dialing code: 01865

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Commons category: Yarnton
postal code: OX5
OS grid reference: SP4712
P8168: STS-114

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Archaeology
Medieval settlement
Yarnton Manor
Parish church
Economic and social history
Amenities
Gallery
References
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Yarnton is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about southwest of Kidlington and northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,545.

==Archaeology== Early Bronze Age decorated beakers have been found in the parish. These suggest human activity in the area somewhere between 2700 and 1700 BC. A series of irregular late Iron Age to early Roman enclosures in the parish are known from cropmarks. Two are across.