Epwell

Epwell
St Anne's parish church
Epwell Location within Oxfordshire
Area	4.63 km2 (1.79 sq mi)
Population	285 (2011 Census)
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SP3540
Civil parish	Epwell
District	Cherwell
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Banbury
Postcode district	OX15
Dialling code	01295
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Banbury
Website	Epwell Oxfordshire
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 52°03′36″N 1°29′02″W / 52.060°N 1.484°W / 52.060; -1.484

Epwell is a village and civil parish in the north of Oxfordshire about 6 miles (10 km) west of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population's as 285.^[1] Epwell's toponym is believed to be derived from the Old English Eoppa's Well.^[2]

In 1279 Robert Danvers held a fee at Epwell. It was an exclave of the Hundred of Dorchester until the 18th century, when it was transferred to the Hundred of Banbury.^[3][4]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Anne was originally Early English. Several of the present windows are Decorated Gothic and were added later. Next the Perpendicular Gothic bell tower was added. Two windows on the north side of the church were added late in the 16th century.^[5] The church is a Grade II* listed building.^[6] St Anne's parish is a member of the Benefice of Wykeham, along with the parishes of Broughton, Shutford, Sibford Gower, Swalcliffe and Tadmarton.^[7]

Epwell had a watermill and a windmill. The watermill building survives: it is just east of the village and was built early in the 18th century.^[8] The windmill was a tower mill northwest of the village. It was built of stone, had patent sails and a domed cap, and last worked in 1912.^[9]

The Chandler's Arms public house was built late in the 17th century and extended in the 19th century.^[10] The pub was controlled by the Hook Norton Brewery,^[11] but by January 2013 its freehold was offered for sale.^[12] It is now a free house.^[13] Epwell had a parish school. It is now the village hall.^[14]

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• Goulburn, Edward (1928) [1807]. Hell for Leather! The Epwell Hunt: or, Black Collars in the Rear. New York: The Derrydale Press.
• Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1962). A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 7: Thame and Dorchester Hundreds. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research. pp. 1–4.
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