Elsfield

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Elsfield
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St. Thomas of Canterbury parish church
Elsfield is located in Oxfordshire
Elsfield
Elsfield
 Elsfield shown within Oxfordshire
Population 91 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference SP539101
Civil parish Elsfield
District South Oxfordshire
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Oxford
Postcode district OX3
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Henley
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire

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Elsfield is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford. The village is 310 feet (94 m) above sea level on the western brow of a hill looking towards the River Cherwell.

Parish church

The chancel arch of the Church of England parish church dates from at least the latter part of the 12th century. The church formerly had a north aisle that may also have dated from this period. There is a canonical sundial on the south wall. In about 1273 the church was remodelled and rededicated to St Thomas of Canterbury. The Decorated Gothic east window was added in about the 14th century.[2] Either side of the south doorway are two Perpendicular Gothic windows that were added in about the 15th century.[2] The pulpit is Jacobean.[2]

In 1849 the church was heavily restored in an Early English Gothic style.[3] Until then, the blocked arcade of the north aisle was visible in the north wall of the nave.[3] During the restoration the arcade seems to have been removed; there are 12th century capitals in the Vicarage garden that may have come from it.[3] The floor and seating were renewed in 1859 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street.[3] In about 1860 a mosaic reredos by Salviati was added in the chancel.[2]

St. Thomas's is a Grade II* listed building.[4]

Notable inhabitants

John Buchan's grave in St Thomas's churchyard

The novelist John Buchan (Governor General of Canada, 1935-1940) lived at Elsfield Manor from 1919 until 1935. His ashes are buried in St Thomas's churchyard. Trump, the basis of the Jack Russell Terrier breed of dog, came from Elsfield.[5]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 592.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 591.
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Sources and further reading

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Home Farm house is Georgian, built in the early or mid-18th century. Its porch was added early in the 19th century
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External links

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