Charlbury

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Basic data
status Town
region South East England
Administration County Oxfordshire
Administrative headquarters Witney
population 2,984
Website Charlbury community website

Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′  N , 1 ° 29 ′  W

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Charlbury ([ ˈtʃɑɹlb (ə) ɹi ] or [ ˈtʃɔɹlb (ə) ɹi ], local [ ˈtʃɔwbɹi ]) is a village and civil parish in the valley of the River Evenlode , about 4 miles north of Witney in Oxfordshire . It is on the edge of Wychwood Forest in the Cotswolds .

Surname

The origin of the name is uncertain. It probably comes from the Old English ceorl (pronunciation: / tʃɔrl / ), which meant "honorary citizen of the lowest social class", or from the first name Ceorl . Both come from the Germanic word * karlaz.

building

The Church of England parish church of St. Mary the Virgin "( the Virgin Mary ) is traditionally with Santa Diuma associated, the first in the 7th century bishop Mercia was. Charlbury's Marienkirche was built at the end of the 12th century and enlarged in the 13th century. Further changes were made in the 14th century in the Decorated Style and in the 15th and 16th centuries in the Perpendicular Style .

traffic

Charlburys train station is on the "Cotswold Line". Trains the company First Great Western drive to London Paddington , Oxford , Great Malvern , Worcester and Hereford .

Events

There are two music festivals in Charlbury: the Charlbury Riverside Festival and the Cornbury Music Festival in Cornbury Park. Every year there is a beer festival and a street festival where traditional morris dancing takes place.

politics

Charlbury belongs to the electoral district of the party leader of the Conservative Party , David Cameron . Charlburys county councilor Neil Owen is Conservative and the two district councilors, Glena Chadwick and Michael Breakell, are both Liberal Democrats .

literature

  • Corbett, E: A History of Spelsbury . Cheney and Sons, Banbury 1962.
  • Crossley, Alan, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, NH Cooper, PDA Harvey, Marjory Hollings, Judith Hook, Mary Jessup, Mary D. Lobel, JFA Mason, BS Trinder, Hilary Turner: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 10: Banbury Hundred . Cheney and Sons, Banbury 1972, pp. 127-157.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus , Sherwood, Jennifer: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire . Penguin, Harmondsworth 1974, ISBN 0 14 071045 0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Corbett, 1962, p. 14
  2. ^ Mills, AD, Room, A .: A Dictionary of British Place-Names . Oxford University Press , Oxford 2003, ISBN 0198527586 .
  3. ↑ Online Etymological Dictionary (English)
  4. ↑ Corbett, 1962, sheet 20
  5. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, p. 527
  6. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pp. 527-528
  7. ↑ Cornbury Music Festival (English)

Web links

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