Adwell
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 St. Mary's parish church |
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 Adwell
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| Adwell shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Population | 27 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SU6999 |
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| Shire county | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX9 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Adwell Parish Meeting |
Adwell is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) south of Thame in South Oxfordshire. The parish covers 443 acres (179 ha),
The 2011 Census incorporated its figures into an output area accordingly used to enlarge the civil parish definition of Shirburn to the south, incorporating these two settlements and Stoke Talmage due to their small population.
Adwell Cop, 1⁄2 mile (800 m) southeast of the village, is a 486-foot (148 m) hill topped with a Bronze Age burial mound. Iron Age pottery has been found nearby. Formerly the Cop was erroneously attributed to the Danes, who were in Oxfordshire in AD 1010.
Until the Norman conquest of England, a Saxon called Wulfstan held the manor of Adwell, as well as three others in the area including Britwell Salome. The Domesday Book records that by 1086 Advelle had been granted to the Norman Miles Crispin, the first castellan of Wallingford Castle. As such, Adwell became part of the Honour of Wallingford. In 1300 Adwell was escheated to the Crown, and later it was made part of the Honour of Ewelme.
Early in the 19th century Adwell manor was inherited by John H Birch, who took the name Newell Birch as a condition of the legacy. He left the house to his nephew Henry Birch Reynardson, in whose family the house has remained. In the 20th century three generations of Birch Reynardson served as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire: WJB Birch Reynardson in 1913, Lieutenant-Colonel HTB Birch Reynardson CMG in 1958 and WRAB Birch Reynardson in 1974.
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