Ascot Under Wychwood

Ascott-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about 4. 5mi south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 560. ToponymThe village is one of three named after the historic forest of Wychwood; the others being Shipton-under-Wychwood and Milton-under-Wychwood. Manor and castleAscot d'Oilly Castle was built in about 1129–50 and a stone tower was added to it in the 13th century. The castle bailey is now occupied by the manor house, which is mainly 16th and 17th century but contains some 13th century buttressed and other stonework. Parish churchHoly Trinity Church of England parish church was built in about 1200 in a transitional style from Norman to Early English. Surviving transitional work includes the south porch, and the four-bay arcade between the nave and the north aisle. The chancel arch and the lancet windows along the side of the north aisle are Early English.

Ascott-under-Wychwood is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode valley about 4. 5mi south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 560. ToponymThe village is one of three named after the historic forest of Wychwood; the others being Shipton-under-Wychwood and Milton-under-Wychwood. Manor and castleAscot d'Oilly Castle was built in about 1129–50 and a stone tower was added to it in the 13th century. The castle bailey is now occupied by the manor house, which is mainly 16th and 17th century but contains some 13th century buttressed and other stonework. Parish churchHoly Trinity Church of England parish church was built in about 1200 in a transitional style from Norman to Early English. Surviving transitional work includes the south porch, and the four-bay arcade between the nave and the north aisle. The chancel arch and the lancet windows along the side of the north aisle are Early English.