Social and economic history Chacombe
a cottage in silver street being thatched in 2006
ridge , furrow patterns of chacombe s former open field system can traced in of parish, particularly air. common fields enclosed long before 18th century , without parliamentary inclosure act. in 1720 john bridges wrote whole lordship [of chacombe] enclosed , had been near 100 years .
from 1605 until 1785 bagley family of chacombe bellfounders, casting more 440 bells churches in england including 4 1694 bells in chacombe parish church. master-founders @ chacombe included henry bagley (active 1630–84), matthew bagley (active 1679–90), henry ii bagley (active 1679–1703), william bagley (active 1687–1712), henry iii bagley (active 1706–46) , matthew iii bagley (active 1740–82). henry ii bagley ran foundry @ ecton , henry iii bagley ran 1 @ witney.
chacombe s parish school founded in 1868. chacombe church of england (aided) primary school.
the conservative politician , government minister norman st. john-stevas, lord st. john, died @ chacombe house care home on 2 march 2012, @ age of 82.
in 1900 great central railway s branch line between culworth , banbury built through northern edge of chacombe parish. in 1911 railway opened chalcombe road halt north of village on wardington road. british railways closed halt in 1956 , line in 1966.
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