Английская Википедия:Bix, Oxfordshire
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Bix is a village in the civil parish of Bix and Assendon in South Oxfordshire, about Шаблон:Convert northwest of Henley-on-Thames. The village is about Шаблон:Convert above sea level in the Chiltern Hills.
History
The remains of a Roman farmhouse were found during an excavation of the Common in 1955, as well as later Saxon remains. These were not considered to be worth retaining in an exposed condition and so the area was re-covered.Шаблон:Citation needed There were originally two villages: Bix Brand and Bix Gibwyn.[1] The toponym has at various times been Byxe and Bixa. The Domesday Book of 1086 records Bixa as part of the Hundred of Binfield.
Bix Brand's original parish church of Saint James is a small Norman building in Bix Bottom, about Шаблон:Convert north of the village. It has a nave, chancel and several Norman lancet windows.Шаблон:Sfn Later additions include the Perpendicular Gothic east window and another Perpendicular window in the south wall.Шаблон:Sfn In 1874 the architect John Gibson completed the village's new Church of England parish church, closer to the centre of the village, also dedicated to Saint James.Шаблон:Sfn The new church has a north aisle and transept as well as a nave and chancel.Шаблон:Sfn Two of the north aisle windows contain sections of late 15th century Flemish stained glass.Шаблон:Sfn The old church was abandoned in 1875Шаблон:Sfn and became ruined and overgrown.Шаблон:Sfn[2]
Scenes from the 1971 Tigon British Film Productions film The Blood on Satan's Claw were filmed there.[3] Funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2015 has stabilised and preserved the ruin. Bix Manor has a 17th-century barn.Шаблон:Citation needed The main road between Henley and Wallingford passes through the parish. It was made into a turnpike in 1736 and ceased to be a turnpike in 1873.[4] The hill between Fair Mile, on the edge of Henley, and Bix was made a dual carriageway in 1937, one of the earliest dual carriageways in the country.[5] It is now the A4130 road.
Amenities
The Warburg Nature Reserve in Bix Bottom is one of the largest that the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust owns and manages in Oxfordshire. It has an important population of Chiltern flora and fauna.[6] It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[7]
References
Sources
External links
- ↑ South Oxfordshire Archaeology Group: The Search for the Site of the Lost Church of Bix Gibwyn Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Oxfordshire Churches website: Bix Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Turnpike Roads in England Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ The Times 16 September 1937, cited in Victoria County History: Oxfordshire: Bix. Text in progress.Шаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Warburg Nature Reserve Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Natural England, Bix Bottom citation Шаблон:Webarchive
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