| Official Name: | Oxton | ||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||
| Region: | East Midlands | ||||||
| Static Image Name: | Oxton, Nottinghamshire - geograph.org.uk - 32140.jpg | ||||||
| Static Image Caption: | St Peter & St Paul's Church | ||||||
| Os Grid Reference: | SK 62862 51305 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 53.056°N -1.062°W | ||||||
| Map Type: | Nottinghamshire | ||||||
| Population: | 566 | ||||||
| Population Ref: | (2021) | ||||||
| Post Town: | SOUTHWELL | ||||||
| Postcode Area: | NG | ||||||
| Postcode District: | NG25 | ||||||
| Dial Code: | 0115 | ||||||
| Constituency Westminster: | Sherwood | ||||||
| Shire District: | Newark and Sherwood | ||||||
| Shire County: | Nottinghamshire | ||||||
| Type: | Village and civil parish | ||||||
| London Distance Mi: | 115 | ||||||
| London Direction: | SSE | ||||||
| Static Image 2 Name: |
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| Static Image 2 Caption: | Parish map | ||||||
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.76 |
Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with 568 residents at the 2011 census, falling marginally to 566 at the 2021 census. It is located 5miles west of Southwell, 5miles north of Lowdham, 10miles north-east of Nottingham and 2miles north-east of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.
Oxton has a church dedicated to St Peter & St Paul;[1] a post office and two pubs. Oxton also has two fords – a small ford within the village itself, and a much larger ford on Beanford Lane – often as deep as 1feet whilst remaining open to all traffic. It is however closed each March, so that the toads found in the swamp-like area, which the ford crosses, can breed.
Oxton seems to contain the Old English word for an ox, oxa, + tūn (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Ox farm or settlement'.[2]
NottsBus
747: Oxton – Calverton – Lowdham
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The Calverton: Calverton - Arnold - Nottingham (Limited Service)