Tadmarton | |
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St. Nicholas' parish church | |
Location within
Oxfordshire | |
Area | 8.38 km2 (3.24 sq mi) |
Population | 541 ( 2011 Census) |
• Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SP3937 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Banbury |
Postcode district | OX15 |
Dialling code | 01295 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Tadmarton Village |
Tadmarton is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Banbury, Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 541, [1] which is a 26% increase on the figure of 430 recorded by the 2001 Census. [2]
The manor house has a 15th-century barn, believed to have been built for Abingdon Abbey. [3]
The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is early Norman. The building was enlarged and the bell tower added in the 13th century. [3] The church is a Grade I listed building. [4]
The tower has a ring of six bells. [5] Four were originally cast early in the 17th century, but two of these were re-cast in 1923 and 1939. A fifth bell was added in 1761 and the treble was added in 1947. [3]
On 31 May 1944 a Vickers Wellington B Mk III bomber aircraft, BK157 of No. 12 Operational Training Unit RAF based at Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire, was on a training flight over north Oxfordshire when the pilot, F/O Donald Driver, DFM, made an evasive diving turn to port. The port wing collapsed and the aircraft crashed at Tadmarton. [6] It burst into flames and all seven crew were killed. [7]
The crew were members of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. F/O Driver and one of the air gunners are buried in Southam Road Cemetery in Banbury, which has a Commonwealth War Graves section. Other members of the crew are buried at Downpatrick in County Down, Hounslow in Middlesex, Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Titchfield in Hampshire and Wick in Caithness. [7]
Tadmarton has one public house, the Lampet Arms. [8]