Toot Baldon is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. Since 2012 it has been part of the Baldons joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Marsh Baldon. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 148.[1]
Toponym
"Toot" is derived from an Old English word for "a look-out place".[2] "Baldon" is derived from the Old English for "Bealda's Hill".[3]
History
The Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence was built mostly in the 13th century.[4] It was restored to designs by the Gothic Revival architect Henry Woodyer in 1865.[5] The church is a Grade II* listed building.[6] There is a monument to the 1965 Little Baldon air crash in the north aisle of the church. Court House Farm is partly 16th century.[5][7] Toot Baldon manor house was built in the 17th century[5] and is Grade II* listed.[8] A parish school was built in the 19th or early 20th century. It has since closed and the building is now a private house.
Amenities
Toot Baldon has a pub. It used to be the Crown[9] but is now called the Mole Inn.[10] Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon share a cricket club.[11]
References
- ^ "Area: Toot Baldon (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Alexander 1912, p. 209.
- ^ Alexander 1912, p. 46.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 818.
- ^ a b c Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 819.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Lawrence (Grade II*) (1193957)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Court House (Grade II) (1047997)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "The Manor House (Grade II*) (1047998)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "The Crown Public House (Grade II) (1285927)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ The Mole Inn
- ^ The Baldons Cricket Club
Sources
- Alexander, Henry (1912). The Place-Names of Oxfordshire, their origin and development. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 46, 209.
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1957). A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 5: Bullingdon Hundred. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research. pp. 47–56.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 818–819. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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