Church of St Swithun
Church of St Swithun is a church in Compton Beauchamp, Vale of White Horse District, England. Church of St Swithun is situated nearby to the forest Home Copse, as well as near Windmillhill Copse.Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Swithun” and “St Swithun’s Church, Compton Beauchamp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wayland’s Smithy and Uffington Castle.
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 1 mile south of Church of St Swithun.
Uffington Castle
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 3.2 ha and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end. Uffington Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of Church of St Swithun.
Dragon Hill
Peak
Photo: Frasmacon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woolstone and Ashbury.
Woolstone
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woolstone is a village and civil parish about 4+1⁄2 miles south of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse. Woolstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 210.
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.
Uffington
Village
Photo: Ballista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles south of Faringdon and 6 miles west of Wantage. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 783. Uffington is situated 2 miles northeast of Church of St Swithun.
Church of St Swithun
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Compton Beauchamp, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.58045° or 51° 34′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.59841° or 1° 35′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3WHCJ2+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 824249509OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q17550161
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