Murcott, Oxfordshire

Murcott
Murcott
 Murcott shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSP584158
Civil parishFencott and Murcott
DistrictCherwell
Shire countyOxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Kidlington
Postcode district OX5
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentBanbury
WebsiteFencott and Murcott Parish Council
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Coordinates: 51°50′17″N 1°09′11″W / 51.838°N 1.153°W / 51.838; -1.153

Murcott is a village between the River Ray and Otmoor in the civil parish of Fencott and Murcott, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.

History

In 1542 the Crown granted almost all of the land at Murcott to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey.[1] They retained it until the end of the 19th century, when it passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.[1]

Murcott Mission Room was built in 1895 to a plain Early English design by local Gothic Revival architect A. Mardon Mowbray.[2] The Mission Room is a Church of England chapel, part of the Benefice of the Ray Valley.[3]

The Nut Tree Inn public house is a mid-18th century thatched building.[1] It is a gastropub and in 2009 was awarded a Michelin Star.[4] Murcott used to have a second pub, the Marlake House, but this had closed by 1939.[1]

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