Sarsden
| Sarsden | |
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Thatched cottages at Sarsden | |
Sarsden Location within Oxfordshire | |
| Population | 64 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP2923 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chipping Norton |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Churchill and Sarsden |
Sarsden is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It lies about 3 miles (5 km) south of Chipping Norton. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 64. Since 1976 the parish has shared a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Churchill.
Notable buildings
Sarsden House is a country house, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire. In 1795 Humphry Repton landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a Doric temple. In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect G.S. Repton, remodelled the house for James Langston.[2] The house is a Grade II* listed building.[3] The Church of England parish church of Saint James was rebuilt in 1760. GS Repton added a cruciform extension to the east in 1823. In 1896 the architect Walter Mills of Banbury remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote.[4] Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Sarsden. G.S. Repton remodelled it as a large cottage orné in 1825.[5]
Governance
There are three tiers of local government covering Sarsden, at parish, district and county level: Churchill and Sarsden Parish Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council. The parish council is a grouped parish council, set up in 1976 to cover both Sarsden and the neighbouring parish of Churchill.[6]
References
- ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 752–753.
- ^ Historic England. "Sarsden House (Grade II*) (1367832)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 752.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 753.
- ^ "Churchill and Sarsden Parish Council". Retrieved 10 October 2025.
Sources and further reading
- Ekwall, Eilert (1960) [1936]. Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Sarsden. ISBN 0198691033.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 752–753. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
External links
Media related to Sarsden at Wikimedia Commons