Frilford

Human settlement in England

Frilford

District

Vale of White Horse

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townAbingdonPostcode districtOX13Dialling code01865PoliceThames ValleyFire Oxfordshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Wantage

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51°40′16″N 1°21′43″W / 51.671°N 1.362°W / 51.671; -1.362

Frilford is a hamlet and civil parish about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Abingdon, at the junction of the A415 and A338 roads. It lies in the traditional county of Berkshire, but since 1974 has been administered as part of Oxfordshire.

Archaeology

The parish of Frilford has two significant archaeological sites: a Roman villa, and a cemetery on Frilford Heath that appears to include both Roman and Saxon burials.^[2] A further complex of remains, including a Roman shrine and amphitheatre, is often referred to as being in Frilford but lies to the south of the village, just inside the boundary of Marcham parish.

Churches

Frilford is part of the Church of England parish of Marcham. It has no Church of England parish church of its own, but a Congregational chapel was built at Frilford in 1841.^[3]

Amenities

Frilford Heath Golf Club is to the east of the village. Abingdon Preparatory School at Frilford, formerly Joscas, is a preparatory school.

Transport

Three Stagecoach in Oxfordshire bus routes serve Frilford. Route 15 to Witney and Abingdon. Routes S8 (via Abingdon) and S9 (via Cumnor) to Wantage and Oxford.

People

Notable people from Frilford include Dr Gary Botting, born at Oakley House Maternity Hospital on 19 July 1943, who became a noted Canadian extradition lawyer.^[4]

References

^ "Area selected: Vale of White Horse (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
^ Pevsner, 1966, page 144
^ Page & Ditchfield, 1924, pages 354–360
^ "ABCBookWorld". Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.

Sources & further reading

Akerman, 1865. Report on excavations in an ancient cemetery at Frilford. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 3, 136–41
Bradford, J.S.P.; Goodchild, R.G. (1939). "Excavations at Frilford, Berks, 1937-8" (PDF). Oxoniensia. 4: 1–80.
Haverfield, F. 1897. A Roman villa at Frilford. Archaeological Journal, 54, 340–54
Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 354–360.
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 144.
Rolleston, G. 1869. Researches and excavations at an ancient cemetery at Frilford. Archaeologia, 42, 417-85 doi:10.1017/S0261340900003301
Rolleston, G. 1880. Further researches in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Frilford. Archaeologia, 45, 405-10