South Weston

Human settlement in England

Lewknor

District

South Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townThamePostcode districtOX9Dialling code01844PoliceThames ValleyFire Oxfordshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Henley

WebsiteLewknor Village

List of places: UK; England; Oxfordshire

51°40′44″N 0°59′20″W / 51.679°N 0.989°W / 51.679; -0.989

South Weston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lewknor, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Thame. There are about 19 households in South Weston. In 1951 the parish had a population of 61.^[1] On 1 April 1954 the parish was abolished and merged with Lewknor.^[2]

Manor

South Weston is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 and the Hundred Rolls of 1279.^[3] Both then and later in the Middle Ages, the parish's farming interests overlapped with those of neighbouring Wheatfield.^[3]

Parish church

The current Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence was designed by the Gothic Revival architect R.C. Hussey and built in 1860.^[4] It is in a Decorated Gothic style^[4] and incorporates some elements of the previous Norman church. The font is 13th century,^[4] and there is a 14th-century tomb recess in the north wall of the chancel.^[4] Over the east window, on the outside is a statue of Saint Lawrence.^[4]

The armchairs in the church were given by the Reynardson family of Adwell.^{[citation needed]} The church was renovated in 1988 to make it more suitable for holding services.^{[citation needed]} Until the mid 19th century the church had strong links with The Queen's College, Oxford.

Salisbury Lodge

In South Weston a non-conformist chapel and a public house were built in about 1600.^{[citation needed]} The pub was called The Salisbury Arms. After the chapel became unused, the chapel was converted into a barn for the use of the pub owners. The pub was converted into a house in 1982 and is now called Salisbury Lodge.

References

^ "Population statistics South Weston CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes South Weston CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b Lobel 1969, pp. 253–262.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 774.

Sources and further reading

Fanshawe, Rev. H.L.; Henderson, Canon W.H. Church of Saint Lawrence South Weston.^{[clarification needed]}
Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1969). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8: Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. Victoria County History. pp. 253–262.
Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 774. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.