South Moreton

South Moreton
Parish church of St John the Baptist
South Moreton is located in Oxfordshire
South Moreton
South Moreton
Location within Oxfordshire
Area5.46 km2 (2.11 sq mi)
Population420 (2011 Census)
• Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU561881
Civil parish
  • South Moreton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDidcot
Postcode districtOX11
Dialling code01235
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteSouth Moreton Village website
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°35′20″N 1°11′28″W / 51.589°N 1.191°W / 51.589; -1.191

South Moreton is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Didcot, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Wallingford, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Abingdon. It is only separated by the Great Western Railway cutting from its twin village of North Moreton, a quarter of a mile to the north. Mortune took its name in the Domesday Book from the houses on the ridge above the moor of Hakka's Brook (now known as the Hagbourne or Hadden Marsh), and was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 420.[1]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – South Moreton Parish (1170217826)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2018.