Milton, Cherwell Explained
| Official Name: | Milton |
| Static Image Name: | Milton Church - geograph.org.uk - 238499.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St. John the Evangelist parish church |
| Coordinates: | 52.011°N -1.344°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP4535 |
| Label Position: | left |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.28 |
| Population: | 192 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 census)[1] |
| Civil Parish: | Milton |
| Shire District: | Cherwell |
| Shire County: | Oxfordshire |
| Region: | South East England |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | Banbury |
| Postcode District: | OX15 |
| Postcode Area: | OX |
| Dial Code: | 01295 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Banbury |
Milton is a village and civil parish about 2.5miles south of Banbury in Oxfordshire, on the Milton road between the villages of Adderbury and Bloxham.
- The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Evangelist was built in 1856 by the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield.[2]
- Milton has one public house, The Marlstone Tavern, aka the pie pub, https://piepub.co.uk/ The public house has a carpark, garden and is a Freehouse.
- The former Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, part of the Great Western Railway, was completed in 1881. The GWR opened a small railway station, Milton Halt, in 1908 on the northern edge of the village near Manor Farm. British Railways closed the halt in 1951 and closed the railway to freight traffic in 1964. The track was removed in 1965.
- The village is built near an affluent of the River Cherwell, and has many nature spots and footpaths surrounding it and leading from it.
- The village holds an annual fireworks display, as well as an annual barn dance.
Notes and References
- http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Parish: Key Statistics: Population.
- Book: Sherwood . Jennifer . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . . Oxfordshire . 1974 . . Harmondsworth . 0-14-071045-0 . 705.
