Uffington, Oxfordshire, SN7 7RB

Date of visit: 22nd Dec 2021

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uffington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Faringdon and 6 miles (10 km) west of Wantage. The 2011 Census recorded the parish’s population as 783. It was originally in the county of Berkshire, but under the Local Government Act 1972 it was transferred for local government purposes to Oxfordshire. The Uffington White Horse hill figure is on the Berkshire Downs on the south side of the parish. The village has been twinned with Le Chevain in France since 1991.

The earliest known records of place names (toponym) are as Uffentun and Offentona in Anglo-Saxon charters from 931 now reproduced in the Cartularium Saxonicum. Another 10th- and 11th-century spelling was Offentune. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Offentone. Later spellings include Offinton in the 13th century, Uffinton in the 14th century and Offington in the 16th century. The name is derived from Old English and means “the tūn of Uffa’s people”. The word tūn originally meant “fence”, but had come to mean an enclosure or homestead.

Internal ref number: ON/174/122

Date of Visit: 22nd Dec 2021

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: B
Crown: St Edward
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Defrib
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Northing & Westing: 51°36’04.7″N, 1°33’51.4″W
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Grid Reference: SU 30276 89252
OS X & Y: 189252, 430276
Latitude & Longitude: 51.601296, -1.564258
UK Postcode: SN7 7RB
County: Oxfordshire


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