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Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end (west) of the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish’s population as 506. When you visit Ashbury, Oxfordshire, Walkfo brings Ashbury, Oxfordshire places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Ashbury, Oxfordshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ashbury, Oxfordshire
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With 17 audio plaques & Ashbury, Oxfordshire places for you to explore in the Ashbury, Oxfordshire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Ashbury, Oxfordshire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Ashbury, Oxfordshire history
The earliest known record of Ashbury is from 840, when King Æthelwulf of Wessex granted land at Aisshedoune to his minister Duda. After 953 the manor was granted to Glastonbury Abbey, which held it until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. The first free school outside of Crown patronage in the United Kingdom was founded in Ashbury by the curate Thomas Stock in 1777.
Ashbury, Oxfordshire landmarks
Ashbury Manor House was built in the 15th century. The upper brick storey of its porch was added in 1697, which is also the likely date that the chimneys were added. The house is a Grade II* listed building.
Ashbury, Oxfordshire geography / climate
The parish rises from an alluvial plain in the north to an escarpment in the south. Five small tributaries of the north-flowing Cole rise in the central strip of the parish and flow northwards.
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You can visit Ashbury, Oxfordshire places with Walkfo Ashbury, Oxfordshire to hear history at Ashbury, Oxfordshire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ashbury, Oxfordshire has 17 places to visit in our interactive Ashbury, Oxfordshire map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Ashbury, Oxfordshire, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Ashbury, Oxfordshire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ashbury, Oxfordshire & the surrounding areas.
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Best Ashbury, Oxfordshire places to visit
Ashbury, Oxfordshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ashbury, Oxfordshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ashbury, Oxfordshire’s information audio spots:
Hardwell Castle
Hardwell Castle or Hardwell Camp is an Iron Age valley fort in the civil parish of Compton Beauchamp in Oxfordshire (previously Berkshire)
Dragon Hill, Uffington
According to legend, Saint George slew the dragon here. A bare patch of chalk upon which no grass will grow is purported to be where the dragon’s blood spilled. It has been suggested as some sort of Iron Age ritual site associated with the nearby hill figure.
Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age (with underlying Bronze Age) univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire. It covers about 32,000 square metres and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end.
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