Chipping Warden
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| Chipping Warden shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 529 (2001 census) 537 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | SP4948 |
| • London | 70 miles (113 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Banbury |
| Postcode district | OX17 |
| Dialling code | 01295 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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| Website | Welcome to the Chipping Warden Parish Web Site |
Chipping Warden is a village in Northamptonshire, England about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of the Oxfordshire town of Banbury. The parish is bounded to the east and south by the River Cherwell, to the west by the boundary with Oxfordshire and to the north by field boundaries.
The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 529 in 234 households, increasing to 537 in the civil parish of Chipping Warden and Edgcote at the 2011 census.
Just south of Chipping Warden village is Arbury Banks, the remains of an Iron Age hill fort. It is about 200 yards (180 m) in diameter and has been heavily damaged by centuries of ploughing.
At Blackgrounds about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) east of the village are the remains of a Roman villa beside the River Cherwell. An investigation in 1849 found a Roman bathhouse 36 feet (11 m) long by 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, and four human burials have been found that may be related to the settlement.Roman coins found at the site indicate that it was inhabited in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD.English Heritage has placed the villa on its Heritage at Risk Register, citing threats from ploughing and a risk of collapse.
2 miles (3 km) east of the village is Upper Cherwell at Trafford House at the confluence of the river Cherwell and Eydon Brook, which is designated as a SSSI due to its importance in the development of the theory of underfit streams.
The Domesday Book records that in 1086 the manor of Chipping Warden was the caput of the estates of Guy de Raimbeaucourt (or Reimbercourt, Reinbuedcurth or Reinbuedcurt), a baron from Raimbeaucourt in northern France. There was also a Hundred of Chipping Warden that administered the southern part of Northamptonshire.
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