Sarsden

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Sarsden
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Thatched cottages at Sarsden
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Sarsden
Location within Oxfordshire
Population64 (Parish, 2021) [1]
OS grid reference SP2923
Civil parish
  • Sarsden
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chipping Norton
Postcode district OX7
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
UK Parliament
Website Churchill and Sarsden
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°54′36″N1°34′44″W / 51.910°N 1.579°W / 51.910; -1.579

Sarsden is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It lies about 3 miles (5 km) south of Chipping Norton. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 64. Since 1976 the parish has shared a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Churchill.

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Notable buildings

Sarsden House is a country house, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire. In 1795 Humphry Repton landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a Doric temple. In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect G.S. Repton, remodelled the house for James Langston. [2] The house is a Grade II* listed building. [3] The Church of England parish church of Saint James was rebuilt in 1760. GS Repton added a cruciform extension to the east in 1823. In 1896 the architect Walter Mills of Banbury remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote. [4] Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Sarsden. G.S. Repton remodelled it as a large cottage orné in 1825. [5]

Governance

There are three tiers of local government covering Sarsden, at parish, district and county level: Churchill and Sarsden Parish Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council. The parish council is a grouped parish council, set up in 1976 to cover both Sarsden and the neighbouring parish of Churchill. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
  2. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 752–753.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Sarsden House (Grade II*) (1367832)". National Heritage List for England .
  4. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 752.
  5. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 753.
  6. ↑ "Churchill and Sarsden Parish Council" . Retrieved 10 October 2025.

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