Nether Worton

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Nether Worton
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Nether Worton
Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SP4230
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chipping Norton
Postcode district OX7
Dialling code 01608
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51°57′36″N1°22′48″W / 51.960°N 1.380°W / 51.960; -1.380

Nether Worton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Worton, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) south of Banbury and 7 miles (11 km) east of Chipping Norton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 42. [1] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Over Worton to form "Worton". [2] [3]

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Archaeology

Earthworks on Hawk Hill indicate a prehistoric settlement of unknown date, possibly Iron Age. [3]

Manor

The Domesday Book records that until 1066 one Leofgeat held the manor of Ortune, probably at what is now Nether Worton. After the Norman Conquest of England an estate of three hides and half a yardland at Worton passed to William the Conqueror's half-brother Odo of Bayeux. [3] By 1086 there were 15 households consisting of 10 smallholders and five villagers. [4]

Nether Worton House is the former manor house. It has a datestone inscribed 1653 but parts of the house may be earlier. The house was extended about 1920. [5] It is a Grade II* listed building. [6] The principal landowners in Nether Worton at the time were the Draper family. The best known of the family was William Draper (1620-1672), a figure of some importance on Parliament's side during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. The author Francis Osborne, best remembered for his Advice to a Son, who was William Draper's brother-in-law, died at Nether Worton House in 1659.

Chapel of ease

The earliest parts of the Church of England chapel of ease of St James are 12th-century Norman and 13th-century Early English. [5] The nave is aisled with three-bay north and south arcades. The piers of the south arcade are 12th-century but the columns are 14th-century. The north arcade is entirely 14th-century. The present southwest tower was built in 1630, incorporating a repositioned 13th-century doorway on the south side. The building was restored in 1883. The tower has two bells, the older of which was cast in 1601. [3]

Until 2015 St James was part of a single benefice with Holy Trinity parish church, Over Worton. [7] In March 2015 Nether Worton and Over Worton parishes became part of the Benefice of Westcote Barton with Steeple Barton, Duns Tew and Sandford St. Martin and Over with Nether Worton, [8] also called the Barton Benefice. [9]

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References

Nether Worton House, built in the Commonwealth Era in 1653 Nether Worton House Geograph-2021754-by-Michael-Dibb.jpg
Nether Worton House, built in the Commonwealth Era in 1653
  1. ↑ "Population statistics Nether Worton CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Relationships and changes Nether Worton CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Crossley 1983 , pp. 285–293.
  4. ↑ Palmer, JJN. "Place: [Nether and Over] Worton". Open Domesday. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 714.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Nether Worton House (Grade II*) (1052464)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Archbishops' Council. "Nether Worton: St James, Nether Worton". A Church Near You . Church of England . Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Archbishops' Council. "Benefice of Westcote Barton with Steeple Barton, Duns Tew and Sandford Saint Martin and Over with Nether Worton". A Church Near You . Church of England. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. ↑ The Barton Benefice ~ Oxfordshire, UK

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