The Old Church
The Old Church is a historic building in Watlington, South Oxfordshire District, England. The Old Church is situated nearby to Fox And Hounds Inn Public House, as well as near the hamlet Christmas Common.- Type: Historic building
- Also known as: “Church of the Nativity”
- Address: Christmas Common, Watlington, OX49 5HL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fox And Hounds Inn Public House and Garsington Opera.
Fox And Hounds Inn Public House
Pub
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fox And Hounds Inn Public House is situated 620 feet north of The Old Church.
Garsington Opera
Theater building
Garsington Opera is an annual summer opera festival founded in 1989 by Leonard Ingrams. The Philharmonia Orchestra and The English Concert are its two resident orchestras. Garsington Opera is situated 2 miles northeast of The Old Church.
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. Shirburn Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of The Old Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christmas Common and Northend.
Christmas Common
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christmas Common is a hamlet in Watlington civil parish, Oxfordshire about 7+1⁄2 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire, close to the boundary with Buckinghamshire.
Northend
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northend is a village that straddles the border of the two English counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The eastern half is in the civil parish of Turville in Buckinghamshire, while the western half is across the border into Oxfordshire, in the Watlington parish.
Watlington
Town
Watlington is a small market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 7 miles south of Thame. It is near Oxfordshire's eastern edge and less than 2 miles from its border with Buckinghamshire. Watlington is situated 2 miles northwest of The Old Church.
The Old Church
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Watlington, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.63127° or 51° 37′ 53″ northLongitude
-0.96937° or 0° 58′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3XJ2JJ+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 549624081OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=building
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