Balscote
Balscote or Balscott is a village in the civil parish of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, about 4 miles west of Banbury. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the place-name as Berescote.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Al Partington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Balscote, Oxfordshire” and “Balscott”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary Magdalene and The Butchers Arms Public House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alkerton and Shenington.
Alkerton
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alkerton is a village in the civil parish of Shenington with Alkerton, in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the county boundary with Warwickshire, about 5 miles west of Banbury.
Shenington
Village
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Shenington is a village in the civil parish of Shenington with Alkerton, in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 5 miles west of Banbury.
Wroxton
Village
Photo: Al Partington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wroxton is a village and civil parish in the north of Oxfordshire, England, about 3 miles west of Banbury. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 546.
Balscote
- Category: locality
- Location: Wroxton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.07303° or 52° 4′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.43256° or 1° 25′ 57″ westElevation
509 feet (155 metres)Open location code
9C4W3HF8+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 742557207OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Balscote” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Balscote”
- French: “Balscote”
- Irish: “Balscote”
- Japanese: “バルスコート”
- Persian: “بالسکت”
- Polish: “Balscote”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Five Ways and Shutford.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balscote Methodist church and Wroxton Quarry.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balscote”. Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.