Sutton Wick

Sutton Wick
Bridleway to Sutton Wick
Sutton Wick Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU480945
Civil parish	Drayton
District	Vale of White Horse
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Abingdon
Postcode district	OX14
Dialling code	01235
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Wantage
Website	Drayton near Abingdon
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°38′50″N1°18′28″W / 51.6473°N 1.3077°W / 51.6473; -1.3077

Sutton Wick is a hamlet contiguous with the village of Drayton, in the Vale of White Horse district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Governance

Sutton Wick was formerly a township in the parish of Sutton Courtenay, ^[1] in 1866 Sutton Wick became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Drayton, Abingdon and Sutton Courtenay. ^[2] In 1931 the parish had a population of 267. ^[3]

Air crash

Main article: Sutton Wick air crash

A Blackburn Beverley C.Mk 1 heavy transport aircraft on a flight from RAF Abingdon crashed at Sutton Wick on 5 March 1957. All but four of the 22 people aboard were killed in the accident, and two people were killed on the ground. ^[4]

References

1. "History of Sutton Wick, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 6 April 2024.
2. "Relationships and changes Sutton Wick CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
3. "Population statistics Sutton Wick CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
4. Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved on 6 January 2010.