Little Rollright | |
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St Philip's parish church | |
Location within Oxfordshire | |
OS grid reference | SP293301 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Chipping Norton |
Postcode district | OX7 |
Dialling code | 01608 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Rollright Review |
Little Rollright is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Rollright, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Chipping Norton, it is the village nearest to the megalithic Rollright Stones. An early spelling may be seen, its Latin form, as "Parva Rolrandryght" in 1446. [1] Little Rollright is in the Kingham, Rollright and Enstone ward of West Oxfordshire District Council and the Chipping Norton division of Oxfordshire County Council. In 1931 the parish had a population of 10.[2] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Great Rollright to form "Rollright".[3]