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South Weston

South Weston
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St. Lawrence' parish church
South Weston is located in Oxfordshire
South Weston
South Weston
South Weston shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SU700983
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Thame
Postcode district OX9
Dialling code 01844
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Lewknor Village
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°40′44″N 0°59′20″W / 51.679°N 0.989°W / 51.679; -0.989Coordinates: 51°40′44″N 0°59′20″W / 51.679°N 0.989°W / 51.679; -0.989

South Weston is a village in Lewknor civil parish, about 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Thame in Oxfordshire. There are about 19 households in the parish.

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

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

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

In South Weston a non-conformist chapel and a public house were built in about 1600. 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.


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