Charney Basset

Charney Bassett is a village and civil parish about 4+1⁄2 miles north of Wantage and 6 miles east of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cherbury Camp and Church of All Saints.

Cherbury Camp

Archaeological site

Photo: Martin Loader, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cherbury Camp is a multi-vallate hill fort-like earthwork, at grid reference SU374963, 1 mi north of the village of Charney Bassett in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The site is connected to the village by a footpath.

Church of All Saints

Church

Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints is situated 1½ miles northwest of Charney Basset.

Church of St James

Church

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Church of St James is situated 2 miles south of Charney Basset.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyford and Denchworth.

Lyford

Village

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Lyford is a small village and civil parish on the River Ock about 4 miles north of Wantage. Historically it was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Hanney.

Denchworth

Village

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Denchworth is a village and civil parish about 2.5 miles north of Wantage. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Denchworth is situated 1½ miles south of Charney Basset.

West Hanney

Village

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Hanney is a village and civil parish about 3 miles north of Wantage, Oxfordshire, England. Historically West and East Hanney were formerly a single ecclesiastical parish of Hanney. West Hanney is situated 2 miles southeast of Charney Basset.

Charney Basset

Type: Locality
Location: Charney Bassett, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.64881° or 51° 38′ 56″ north

Longitude

-1.45286° or 1° 27′ 10″ west

Elevation

220 feet (67 metres)

Open location code

9C3WJGXW+GV

GeoNames ID

2653315

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