Shirburn
Shirburn is a village and civil parish about 6 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire. It contains the Grade I listed, 14th-century Shirburn Castle, along with its surrounding, Grade II listed park, and a parish church, the oldest part of which is from the Norman period.Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 99 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England
- Also known as: “Shirburn, Oxfordshire” and “Shirburn, Oxon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shirburn Castle and All Saints Church, Shirburn.
Shirburn Castle
Castle
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shirburn Castle is a Grade I listed, moated castle located at the village of Shirburn, near Watlington, Oxfordshire. Originally constructed in the fourteenth century, it was renovated and remodelled in the Georgian era by Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield who made it his family seat, and altered further in the early nineteenth century.
All Saints Church, Shirburn
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of the parish of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pyrton and Watlington.
Pyrton
Hamlet
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pyrton is a small village and large civil parish in Oxfordshire about 1 mile north of the small town of Watlington and 5 miles south of Thame. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 227.
Watlington
Town
Lewknor
Village
Photo: UKgeofan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lewknor is a village and civil parish about 5 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Postcombe and South Weston. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 663.
Shirburn
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Shirburn, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.65717° or 51° 39′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.99091° or 0° 59′ 27″ westPopulation
99Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)Open location code
9C3XM245+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 340071484OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2637942Wikidata ID
Q2274699
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