North Moreton

North Moreton

Thatched cottages in Church Street
North Moreton
North Moreton shown within Oxfordshire
Area 4.45 km2 (1.72 sq mi)
Population 328 (2011 Census)
• Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
OS grid reference SU560895
Civil parish
  • North Moreton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Didcot
Postcode district OX11
Dialling code 01235
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website North Moreton

North Moreton is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) east of Didcot. It was part of Wallingford Rural District in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to the new South Oxfordshire District of Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 328.[1]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of All Saints was built in the 13th century and the chantry chapel of the Stapleton family was added in the 14th century. This has geometrical tracery, carving outside, and an east window filled with 14th century stained glass showing the Passion of Christ and incidents in the lives of the Virgin Mary, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Nicholas.[2] All Saints' is a Grade I listed building.[3]

The west tower has a ring of five bells. The fourth bell was cast at Wokingham, Berkshire, in about 1350. Joseph Carter of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in 1591. Ellis I Knight of Reading cast the treble bell in 1641. Richard Keene of Woodstock cast the third bell in 1684. Thomas II Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the second bell in 1817. All Saints' has also a Sanctus bell cast by Lester and Pack of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1757.[4]

Brian Gunter was made rector in 1588. In 1598 he caused fatal injuries to two yeoman during a football match and his daughter, Anne Gunter, later complained of witchcraft initiated by the yeoman family. A Star Chamber case later found that the rector had persuaded his daughter to pretend that she was possessed.[5]

All Saints' parish is part of the Churn Benefice.[6]

Amenities

North Moreton has a pub, the Bear at Home.[7]

Thames Travel route 94 provides a limited service to North Moreton from Mondays to Fridays, linking the village with Didcot town and with Didcot Parkway railway station. Buses run only during school terms, and there is no Saturday or Sunday service.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Area: North Moreton (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Betjeman 1968, p. 114.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints  (Grade I) (1181258)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Davies, Peter (7 October 2013). "North Moreton All Saints". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. ↑  Sharpe, James (1885–1900). "Gunter, Anne". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  6. ↑ "The Churn Benefice". Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. ↑ The Bear at Home
  8. ↑ "route 94/94S/94C" (PDF). Thames Travel. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

Sources and further reading

  • Betjeman, John, ed. (1968). The South. Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches. London: Collins. p. 114.
  • Howat, Gerald (2000). A History of North Moreton. North Moreton: North Moreton Press. ISBN 0-9506957-4-2.
  • Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1923). A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. 3. assisted by John Hautenville Cope. London: The St Katherine Press. pp. 492–498.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 186–187.
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