Moulsford

Moulsford-on-Thames
Moulsford from the River Thames
Moulsford-on-Thames is located in Oxfordshire
Moulsford-on-Thames
Moulsford-on-Thames
Location within Oxfordshire
Area7.24 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Population526 (2001 census)[1]
• Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU585835
Civil parish
  • Moulsford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWallingford
Postcode districtOX10
Dialling code01491
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteMoulsford Village Website
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°33′04″N 1°08′42″W / 51.551°N 1.145°W / 51.551; -1.145

Moulsford is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire. Before 1974, it was in the county of Berkshire, in Wallingford Rural District, but following the Berkshire boundary changes of that year it became a part of Oxfordshire. Moulsford is on the A329, by the River Thames, just north of Streatley and south of Wallingford. The west of the parish is taken up by the foothills of the Berkshire Downs, including the Moulsford Downs. Moulsford Bottom and Kingstanding Hill are traditionally associated with King Alfred and the Battle of Ashdown.

Moulsford Manor was the principal home of the prominent Carew family, who also lived at Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire. It was used by the American Army Air-Force during World War Two, then a nursing school, before being bought as a private residence for Kevin Maxwell in 1994, who lets it out for the filming of Midsomer Murders. Moulsford Railway Bridge, situated just north of the village on the Great Western Main Line, was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

  1. ^ "Area: Moulsford CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 March 2010.