Sutton Wick, Oxfordshire

Sutton Wick

Bridleway to Sutton Wick
Sutton Wick
Sutton Wick shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SU480945
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Abingdon
Postcode district OX14
Dialling code 01235
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Drayton near Abingdon

Sutton Wick is a hamlet contiguous with the village of Drayton in Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Air crash

A Blackburn Beverley C.Mk 1 heavy transport aircraft on a flight from RAF Abingdon crashed at Sutton Wick on 5 March 1957. All but four of the 22 people aboard were killed in the accident, and two people were killed on the ground.[1]

References

  1. Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 6 January 2010.
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