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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hook Norton
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Hook Norton is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire. It is 4+1/2 miles northeast of Chipping Norton and close to the Cotswold Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish’s population as 2,117. When you visit Hook Norton, Walkfo brings Hook Norton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hook Norton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hook Norton
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With 16 audio plaques & Hook Norton places for you to explore in the Hook Norton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hook Norton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Hook Norton history
A Viking army raided the Hook Norton area in 913, and the village had a parish church by 922. The Domesday Book records that in 1086 Hook Norton had 76 villagers and two mills. The former Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, part of the Great Western Railway, served Hook Norton with a railway station at East End.
Hook Norton toponymy
In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 917 the village is recorded as Hocneratun. Other past spellings of the name include Hocceneretune (1050), Hogenarton (1216) and Okenardton. Hocca may be the name of a person or tribe, ōra is a hill slope and tūn is a settlement.
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You can visit Hook Norton places with Walkfo Hook Norton to hear history at Hook Norton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hook Norton has 16 places to visit in our interactive Hook Norton 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 Hook Norton, 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 Hook Norton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hook Norton & the surrounding areas.
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Best Hook Norton places to visit
Hook Norton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hook Norton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hook Norton’s information audio spots:
Swerford Castle
Swerford Castle was a medieval castle in Oxfordshire. It was built in the medieval period. It is located in the village of Serford, Oxfordshire, in the middle of the century.
Hook Norton F.C.
Hook Norton Football Club is a football club based in Hook Norton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. They are currently members of the Witney & District League Division One.
Hook Norton Brewery
Hook Norton Brewery is a regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. Founded in 1849, the brewing plant is a traditional Victorian ‘tower’ brewery. Beer is still delivered in the village by horse-drawn dray.
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here Hook Norton has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hook Norton plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Hook Norton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hook Norton plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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