Oxhill, Warwickshire

Oxhill
Oxhill
Oxhill shown within Warwickshire
Population	305 (2011)
OS grid reference	SP3145
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Shipston-on-Stour
Postcode district	CV36
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°06′38″N 1°32′24″W / 52.11053°N 1.53999°W / 52.11053; -1.53999Coordinates: 52°06′38″N 1°32′24″W / 52.11053°N 1.53999°W / 52.11053; -1.53999

Oxhill is a village in South Warwickshire, England, off the A422 road between Stratford-upon-Avon and Banbury. The population taken at the 2011 census was 305. It lies in the administrative district of Stratford-on-Avon in the area known as the Vale of the Red Horse. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Octeselve" and has a 12th-century church dedicated to Saint Lawrence.

The indentions in the chancel window mullions are believed by many to be the marks made by local archers sharpening their arrowheads. Because of the holiness and sacredness of the church, the blessed arrows were also presumed to have divine accuracy.

In the graveyard of St Lawrence there is what is believed to be the only slave's grave in Warwickshire, that of a negro slave called Myrtilla.

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