Kingston Lisle
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| Population | 249 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU325876 |
| – London | 64 miles (103 km) |
| Civil parish | Kingston Lisle |
| District | Vale of White Horse |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wantage |
| Postcode district | OX12 |
| Dialling code | 01367 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Wantage |
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Coordinates: 51°35′10″N 1°31′55″W / 51.586°N 1.532°W
Kingston Lisle is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England. Kingston Lisle was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.
Location
Kingston Lisle is at the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment 64 miles (103 km) west of London. The local town is Wantage 5 miles (8 km) to the east, and the large town of Swindon is 10 miles (16 km) to the west. The village is at the foot of Blowing Stone Hill and is one of many spring line settlements at the foot of the scarp of the White Horse Hills. The Uffington White Horse, Uffington Castle and the Ridgeway are nearby.
Amenities
The village has one public house, which is also a restaurant. The village area is served by Uffington Primary School just over 2 miles (3 km) away, to which there is a free bus service.
Kinston Lisle is also home to several racehorse trainers, being 5 miles (8 km) from the horse racing centre of Lambourn.
History
The Blowing Stone, King Alfred's supposed means of summoning his troops before the momentous Battle of Ashdown, is at Kingston Lisle.
The Domesday Book in 1086 records the village as having 31 households.[2]
The nave and north door of the Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was built in about 1200.[3] The east window of the chancel is Decorated Gothic.[3] St. John's parish is part of the Benefice of Ridgeway, along with the parishes of Childrey, Letcombe Bassett, Letcombe Regis, Sparsholt and West Challow.[4]
Kingston Lisle Park is a Grade II* listed mansion on the edge of the village. [5]
Literary connections
The village is featured in Thomas Hughes' novel Tom Brown's Schooldays.
References
- ↑ "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ↑ "Domesday Online: Kingston Lisle".
- 1 2 Pevsner, 1966, page 161
- ↑ Archbishops' Council (2010). "Benefice of Ridgeway". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ "Kingston Lisle Park" (PDF).
Sources and further reading
- Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 531–543.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 161–162.
External links
Media related to Kingston Lisle at Wikimedia Commons
