Idstone
Idstone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ashbury in the Vale of White Horse. Idstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Idstone is about 6 miles east of Swindon in neighbouring Wiltshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Mary and Wayland’s Smithy.
Wayland’s Smithy
Archaeological site
Photo: Msemmett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been completed around 3430 BCE by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental Europe. Wayland’s Smithy is situated 1½ miles northeast of Idstone.
Alfred’s Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Garyrobertlock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort, situated at grid reference SU277822, behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Alfred’s Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Idstone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashbury and Bishopstone.
Ashbury
Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Bishopstone
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about 6 miles east of Swindon, and on the county border with Oxfordshire.
Hinton Parva
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinton Parva, also known as Little Hinton, is a village in the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. It lies about 2 miles from the eastern edge of the Swindon built-up area, and is separated from the town by farmland and the village of Wanborough. Hinton Parva is situated 2 miles west of Idstone.
Idstone
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Oxfordshire, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Ashbury, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.55704° or 51° 33′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.63162° or 1° 37′ 54″ westElevation
400 feet (122 metres)Open location code
9C3WH949+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2107061477OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Idstone” goes by many names.
- French: “Idstone”
- Polish: “Idstone”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary the Virgin and Ashbury with Compton Beauchamp Church of England (A) Primary School.
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