Oxhey

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Oxhey
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Oxhey
Location within Hertfordshire
OS grid reference TQ125955
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Watford
Postcode district WD19
Dialling code 01923
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
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England
Hertfordshire
51°38′49″N0°22′32″W / 51.64705°N 0.37542°W / 51.64705; -0.37542

Oxhey is a suburb of Watford, under the jurisdiction of the Watford Borough Council of the county of Hertfordshire, England. [1] It is located at grid reference TQ125955 and is part of the Watford. It is in the Oxhey Ward of Watford Borough Council.

Contents

The wider locations which comprise the modern Oxhey area are Oxhey Village (the area around Bushey station and between Pinner Road and London Road), Oxhey Hall (the area along Hampermill Lane towards Moor Park) and South Oxhey, although this is really a suburb in itself which is adjacent to Oxhey.

History

Oxhey grew during the mid-19th century with the coming of the London and Birmingham Railway from London Euston to Boxmoor in 1837, the settlement being developed to house railway workers. The line was completed to Birmingham in 1838. It was originally called 'New Bushey', after the well-established village a mile away, but was renamed 'Oxhey' in 1907.

In 1894 the parish of Bushey was split into "Bushey Rural" and "Bushey Urban", on 1 April 1906 Bushey Rural was renamed "Oxhey". [2]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 2636. [3]

Oxhey Grange in Oxhey Lane was built in 1876 by architect William Young (1843-1900) in the High Victorian Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building.

Culture

Community Groups

Residents are represented by local community group Oxhey Village Environment Group, colloquially known as OVEG. Founded in 1974, OVEG is a non-political, non-profit residents’ group run by volunteers, which aims to "maintain, protect and enhance the character and environment of Oxhey Village and its surroundings." [4] [5] The group takes action on local issues, such as major planning applications, [6] and operates a number of community events including an annual summer fair. [7]

OVEG’s former committee members include Baroness Thornhill; a former mayor of Watford, and the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. [8]

Sport & Leisure

Oxhey has a non-League football team Oxhey Jets F.C. who play at the Boundary Stadium.

Oxhey Park Golf Club is a public pay & play course that used to be an 18-hole course built on land owned by the Blackwell family in 1910, who then sold the estate to London County Council in 1946, who made it a municipal course in 1947 with a par of 78, but it was closed in 1954. It subsequently became a 9-hole course.

Places of worship

Oxhey's parish church is St Matthew's, a Grade II listed building dating from 1880 in Gothic Revival style with some elements of early Art Nouveau decoration. The church also features a Karl Parsons window in the Lady Chapel. [9]

Transport

Rail

Bushey station is a London Overground and Network Rail station in Travelcard Zone 8; it has direct links to London Euston station and Watford Junction station.

The station is served by London Northwestern Railway semi-fast trains on the West Coast main line, and by London Overground services on the Watford DC line, a slow local service along the West Coast route.

It is an oddity that the station, which serves both Oxhey and the town of Bushey a mile away, is situated on the edge of Oxhey Village and yet is called Bushey Station. The original name of the station was 'Bushey', it was renamed 'Bushey & Oxhey' when Oxhey Village was renamed, and was then renamed again in 1974. [10]

Bus

The area is served by London Bus routes 142 and 258.

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Oxhey Village Environment Group http://www.oveg.org