Shirburn
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_All_Saints_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_69744.jpg) All Saints' parish church |
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 Shirburn
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| Shirburn shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Area | 17.68 km2 (6.83 sq mi) |
| Population | 214 (2011 census including Adwell and Stoke Talmage civil parishes) |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU6995 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WATLINGTON |
| Postcode district | OX49 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
Shirburn is a village and civil parish about 6 miles (10 km) south of Thame in Oxfordshire. The parish is very elevated by county standards and the eastern part of the parish is in the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Shirburn is to the south forested, is at one edge bisected by a motorway and is the largest civil parish in the District.
Shirburn is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment. The Domesday Book of 1086 records that the manor of Shirburn was divided equally between Robert D'Oyly and his brother in arms Roger d'Ivry.
The building of Shirburn Castle was licensed in 1377. Shirburn Castle became a centre of Recusancy throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
Shirburn had a parish church by the 12th century. Between 1146 and 1163 the church seems to have been given to Dorchester Abbey. The oldest part of the present Church of England parish church of All Saints is the bell tower, which seems to be Norman except for the upper stage, which is 18th-century. In the 13th century the north and south aisles and arcades were added to the nave.
In 1876 the architect T.H. Wyatt restored the building at the expense of the Earl of Macclesfield. In 1943 All Saints' parish was combined with that of St. Mary's, Pyrton. The combined parish is now part of the Benefice of Icknield. All Saints' church was made redundant in 1995 and now belongs to the Churches Conservation Trust.
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