Toot Baldon
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Toot Baldon is village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Oxford
in Oxfordshire
.
The Church of England parish church
of Saint Lawrence was built mostly in the 13th century. The Gothic Revival architect
Henry Woodyer restored the building in 1865. There is a memorial to the 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident
in the north aisle of the building.
Court House Farm is partly 16th century and Toot Baldon Manor House
was built in the 17th century.
A parish school was built in the 19th or early 20th century. It has since closed and the building is now a private house.
, the Mole Inn. Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon
share a cricket club.
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
.
The Church of England parish church
Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...
of Saint Lawrence was built mostly in the 13th century. The Gothic Revival architect
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
Henry Woodyer restored the building in 1865. There is a memorial to the 1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident
1965 Little Baldon Hastings accident
The Little Baldon air disaster occurred on 6 July 1965 when a Handley Page Hastings C1A transport aircraft operated by No. 36 Squadron Royal Air Force, registration TG577, crashed into a field in Little Baldon, near Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, shortly after taking off from RAF Abingdon...
in the north aisle of the building.
Court House Farm is partly 16th century and Toot Baldon Manor House
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
was built in the 17th century.
A parish school was built in the 19th or early 20th century. It has since closed and the building is now a private house.
Amenities
Toot Baldon has a public housePublic house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
, the Mole Inn. Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon
Marsh Baldon
Marsh Baldon is village and civil parish about southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire.-Parish church:The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter dates from the 12th century. Its 14th century bell tower has a ring of five bells, the oldest of which was cast by John White of Reading in about...
share a cricket club.