11 Facts About Bloxham

Bloxham is a village and civil parish in northern Oxfordshire several miles from the Cotswolds, about 3 miles southwest of Banbury.

In 1269 the half later called Bloxham Beauchamp was given to Queen Eleanor, and later bestowed upon Edward III's chamberlain Roger de Beauchamp and sold in 1545 to Richard Fiennes, 6th Baron Saye and Sele.

The other half, called Bloxham Fiennes, was passed to Amaury de St Amand, came to be called Saint Amand's, and was sold to Thomas Wykeham and reunited with Bloxham Beauchamp when Baron Saye and Sele inherited it.

Bloxham has a large number of well-built yeomen's houses dating from this time, including Bennetts, Seal Cottage and the Joiners Arms.

Bloxham took part in the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Rising of 1549 against the Edwardine Reformation.

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John Wade, Bloxham's vicar, was identified as a ringleader and threatened with being hanged from his own church tower, but was later pardoned.

In 1960 the countryside to the east and north of Bloxham was threatened by a proposal to quarry iron ore from the marlstone.

Bloxham School has a large Church of England chapel that is used for school services.

Bloxham had several public houses, three of which are still trading:.

Bloxham has several shops on the High Street, including a post office, hairdressing salon, pharmacy, convenience store, newsagent and a fish and chip shop.

Bloxham FC has a youth team, ten boys' teams and two girls' teams.