Long Hanborough
| Long Hanborough | |
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 Christ Church parish church |
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 Long Hanborough
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| Long Hanborough shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Population | 2,630 (parish, including Church Hanborough) (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP4114 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Witney |
| Postcode district | OX29 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Hanborough Online [1] |
Long Hanborough is a village in Hanborough civil parish, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Witney in West Oxfordshire, England. The village is the major settlement in Hanborough parish. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,630.
An infants' school was built in 1879 and enlarged in 1893. It closed in 1998 and was merged into Hanborough Manor School. The old school building has been converted to a private house.
Christ Church Church of England parish church was built in 1893. It is now part of the Benefice of Hanborough and Freeland.
The village has also a Methodist church.
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was built past Long Hanborough in 1852, with Hanborough station between Long Hanborough and Bladon being opened to serve the village. In 1935 the Great Western Railway added a smaller station that is called Combe, but it is actually nearer Long Hanborough than Combe.
On 30 January 1965 the body of Sir Winston Churchill arrived at Hanborough railway station on a train hauled by Battle of Britain Class locomotive Winston Churchill. From Hanborough the funeral cortège proceeded by road to St Martin's Church, Bladon, where he was buried.
Long Hanborough has a post office, a GP's practice, a dental practice, a Co-Operative store, a fish and chip shop and a bicycle repair shop. It has two pubs, the Three Horseshoes and the George & Dragon. Until the 2000s it had two other pubs. In 2009 the Swan, in Millwood End, was a gastropub, but it has since ceased trading and is now a private home. The Bell was controlled by Greene King Brewery but is no longer trading.
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