Oxhill, Warwickshire

Oxhill
Village
Main Street
Church of St Lawrence
Oxhill is located in Warwickshire
Oxhill
Oxhill
Location within Warwickshire
Population387 (2021)
OS grid referenceSP3145
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWarwick
Postcode districtCV35
Dialling code01295
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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52°06′38″N 1°32′24″W / 52.11053°N 1.53999°W / 52.11053; -1.53999

Oxhill is a village in South Warwickshire, England, off the A422 road between Stratford-upon-Avon and Banbury. The population taken at the 2021census was 387.[1] It lies in the administrative district of Stratford-on-Avon in the area known as the Vale of the Red Horse. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Octeselve" and has a 12th-century church dedicated to Saint Lawrence. The indentions in the chancel window mullions are believed by many to be the marks made by local archers sharpening their arrowheads. Because of the holiness and sacredness of the church, the blessed arrows were also presumed to have divine accuracy.[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. ^ Drogin, Marc. 1989. Biblioclasm: The Mythical Origins. Savage, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. Pages 32–33.