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'''Kingston Lisle''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Vale of White Horse]], [[England]]. Kingston Lisle was part of [[Berkshire]] until the [[Local Government Act 1972|1974 local government boundary changes]] [[List of Berkshire boundary changes|transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire]].
'''Kingston Lisle''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Vale of White Horse]], [[England]], about {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} west of [[Wantage]] and {{convert|5|mi|0}} south-southeast of [[Faringdon]]. The parish includes the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of Fawler, about {{convert|1/2|mi|m}} west of Kingston Lisle village. The [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] recorded the parish population as 225.<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |id= 1170217882 |title=Kingston Lisle Parish |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> Kingston Lisle was part of [[Berkshire]] until the [[Local Government Act 1972|1974 local government]] boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to [[Oxfordshire]].


==Location==
==Geography==
Kingston Lisle is at the foot of the [[Berkshire Downs]] [[escarpment]] {{Convert|64|mi|km}} west of [[London]]. The local town is [[Wantage]] {{convert|5|mi|0}} to the east, and the large town of Swindon is {{convert|10|mi|0}} to the west. The village is at the foot of Blowing Stone Hill and is one of many [[spring line settlement]]s at the foot of the [[escarpment|scarp]] of the [[White Horse Hills]]. The [[Uffington White Horse]], [[Uffington Castle]] and the [[Ridgeway National Trail|Ridgeway]] are nearby.
The village is a [[spring line settlement]] at the foot of Blowing Stone Hill, which is part of the [[escarpment]] of the [[Berkshire Downs]]. The parish measures about {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} north – south and about {{convert|1+1/4|mi|0}} wide at its widest point. The highest point in the parish is Rams Hill, whose top is {{convert |233|m|disp=flip}} above sea level. Rams Hill is on the Berkshire Downs escarpment about {{convert|1|mi}} southwest of the village and on the parish boundary with [[Uffington, Oxfordshire|Uffington]].


==Amenities==
==Archaeology==
[[The Ridgeway]] passes through the parish less than {{convert|1|mi}} south of the village. It is a prehistoric road that is now a long-distance footpath. The [[Blowing Stone]], a [[sarsen]] with holes in it, is about {{convert|1/4|mi|m}} south of the village. Legend has it that King [[Alfred the Great]] blew through it to summon his troops for the [[Battle of Ashdown]] in 871.
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The village has one [[public house]], which is also a restaurant. The village area is served by Uffington Primary School just over {{convert|2|mi|0}} away, to which there is a free bus service.


==Toponym==
Kinston Lisle is also home to several racehorse trainers, being {{convert|5|mi|0}} from the horse racing centre of [[Lambourn]].
"Kingston" is a common English [[Toponymy|toponym]]. It means simply a ''tūn'' of the king. ''Tūn'' is [[Old English]] for a fence, and hence came to mean an enclosure, farm or manor. An entry for 1220 in the [[Book of Fees]] records it as ''Kingeston''.<ref name=Ekwall>{{harvnb|Ekwall|1960|loc=Kingston}}</ref> The suggestion that it is derived from "King's Stone", referring to the Blowing Stone, is [[false etymology]]. The suffix "Lisle" was added in the 14th century, when it was the surname of the [[lord of the manor]]. 14th-century [[Charter Roll]]s record it as ''Kyngeston Lisle'' in 1322 and ''Kingston del Isle'' in 1336.<ref name=Ekwall/> It distinguishes the village and parish from [[Kingston Bagpuize]], which is {{convert|8|mi}} to the northeast.


==History==
==Parish church==
The [[nave]] and [[chancel]] of the [[Church of England parish church]] of Saint [[John the Baptist]] was built in about 1200. The chancel windows are each 14th-century [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]].{{sfn|Pevsner|1966|p=161}} Some [[Medieval stained glass|14th-century stained glass]] survives in a south window of the chancel. Around the east and north windows of the chancel are 14th-century [[mural]]s of [[Saint Peter]], [[Paul the Apostle|Saint Paul]], and the [[Christian martyrs|martyrdom]] of Saint John the Baptist. The church is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II* listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1048718 |desc=Church of St John the Baptist |grade=II* }}</ref> St John's parish is part of the Ridgeway [[Benefice#Church of England|Benefice]], along with the parishes of [[Childrey]], [[Letcombe Bassett]], [[Letcombe Regis]], [[Sparsholt, Oxfordshire|Sparsholt]] and [[West Challow]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://wantagedeanery.org.uk/ |title=Ridgeway Benefice |publisher=Wantage Deanery |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>
The [[Blowing Stone]], [[King Alfred]]'s supposed means of summoning his troops before the momentous [[Battle of Ashdown]], is at Kingston Lisle.


==Economic and social history==
The [[nave]] and north door of the [[Church of England parish church]] of Saint [[John the Baptist]] was built in about 1200.<ref name=Pevsner161>Pevsner, 1966, page 161</ref> The east window of the [[chancel]] is [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]].<ref name=Pevsner161/> St. John's parish is part of the [[Benefice#Church of England|Benefice]] of Ridgeway, along with the parishes of [[Childrey]], [[Letcombe Bassett]], [[Letcombe Regis]], [[Sparsholt, Oxfordshire|Sparsholt]] and [[West Challow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27/420BL |title=Benefice of Ridgeway |author= Archbishops' Council |date=2010 |work=A Church Near You |publisher=[[Church of England]] |accessdate=27 July 2011}}</ref>
The [[Domesday Book]] in 1086 records Kingston Lisle as having 31 households.<ref>{{cite web |work=Domesday Online |title=Kingston Lisle |url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU3287/kingston-lisle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915162759/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU3287/kingston-lisle/ |archive-date=15 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Kingston Lisle Park]] is a 17th-century [[English country house|country house]] on the edge of the village. It was enlarged early the 18th and 19th centuries and is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1048722 |desc=Kingston Lisle House |grade=II* }}</ref> Between 1805 and 1807 the section of the [[Wilts & Berks Canal]] between [[Longcot]] and [[West Challow|Challow]] was completed.{{sfn|Dalby|2000|p=23}} It passes through the parish at Kingston Common about {{convert|3/4|mi}} north of the village. Traffic on the canal had virtually ceased by 1901 and the route was formally abandoned in 1914. The [[Wilts & Berks Canal Trust]] is currently restoring the canal. The [[Great Western Main Line]] through the Vale of White Horse was opened in 1840. It passes through the northern extremity of Kingston Lisle parish, about {{convert|1+3/4|mi|0}} north of the village.


==Amenities==
==Literary connections==
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The village has one [[pub]], the Blowing Stone Inn.<ref>[https://www.theblowingstone.co.uk/ The Blowing Stone Inn]</ref> The parish is served by Uffington Primary School just over {{convert|2|mi|0}} away.
The village is featured in [[Thomas Hughes]]' novel ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays]]''.
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/schools/list/3251 | title=Oxfordshire County Council }}</ref>

==In literature==
The village features in [[Thomas Hughes]]' novel ''[[Tom Brown's School Days]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tom_Brown%27s_School_Days_(6th_ed)|title=Tom Brown's School Days, Chapter 1}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Blowing Stone 2.JPG|left|The Blowing Stone
File:Cottage, Kingston Lisle - geograph.org.uk - 667306.jpg|Church Cottage is a 16th-century building with [[Cob (material)|cob]] walls and [[Thatching|thatched]] roof<ref>{{NHLE |num=1048717 |desc=Church Cottage |grade=II |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>
File:The Blowing Stone Inn, Kingston Lisle - geograph.org.uk - 666975.jpg|Sign outside the Blowing Stone Inn
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Sources and further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Dalby |first=LJ |title=The Wilts and Berks Canal |edition=3rd |year=2000 |orig-year=1971 |place=Usk |publisher=Oakwood Press |isbn=0-85361-562-4 |page=23 }}
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Page |editor1-first=W.H. |editor1-link=William Henry Page |editor2-last=Ditchfield |editor2-first=P.H. |editor2-link=Peter Ditchfield |series=[[Victoria County History]] |title=A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4 |year=1924 |publisher= |location= |pages=531–543}}
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Ditchfield |editor1-first=PH |editor1-link=Peter Ditchfield |editor2-last=Page |editor2-first=William |editor2-link=William Page (historian) |others=assisted by John Hautenville Cope |year=1924 |chapter=Sparsholt |title=A History of the County of Berkshire |volume=IV |series=[[Victoria County History]] |place=London |publisher=The St Katherine Press |pages=311–319 |url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp311-319 }}
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*{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Berkshire |date=1966 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn= |pages=161–162}}
*{{cite book |last=Ekwall |first=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |orig-year=1936 |year=1960 |title=Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names |edition=4th |place=Oxford |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=0198691033 |at=Kingston}}
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*{{cite book |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1966 |title=Berkshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |pages=161–162 }}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category inline|Kingston Lisle}}
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*[http://www.kingstonlisle.net/ Kingston Lisle]


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Latest revision as of 22:55, 25 October 2024

Kingston Lisle
St. John the Baptist parish church
Kingston Lisle is located in Oxfordshire
Kingston Lisle
Kingston Lisle
Location within Oxfordshire
Population225 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSU325876
• London64 miles (103 km)
Civil parish
  • Kingston Lisle
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWantage
Postcode districtOX12
Dialling code01367
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteKingston Lisle
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°35′10″N 1°31′55″W / 51.586°N 1.532°W / 51.586; -1.532

Kingston Lisle is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England, about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) west of Wantage and 5 miles (8 km) south-southeast of Faringdon. The parish includes the hamlet of Fawler, about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) west of Kingston Lisle village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 225.[1] Kingston Lisle was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire.

Geography

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The village is a spring line settlement at the foot of Blowing Stone Hill, which is part of the escarpment of the Berkshire Downs. The parish measures about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) north – south and about 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) wide at its widest point. The highest point in the parish is Rams Hill, whose top is 764 feet (233 m) above sea level. Rams Hill is on the Berkshire Downs escarpment about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the village and on the parish boundary with Uffington.

Archaeology

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The Ridgeway passes through the parish less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village. It is a prehistoric road that is now a long-distance footpath. The Blowing Stone, a sarsen with holes in it, is about 1⁄4 mile (400 m) south of the village. Legend has it that King Alfred the Great blew through it to summon his troops for the Battle of Ashdown in 871.

Toponym

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"Kingston" is a common English toponym. It means simply a tūn of the king. Tūn is Old English for a fence, and hence came to mean an enclosure, farm or manor. An entry for 1220 in the Book of Fees records it as Kingeston.[2] The suggestion that it is derived from "King's Stone", referring to the Blowing Stone, is false etymology. The suffix "Lisle" was added in the 14th century, when it was the surname of the lord of the manor. 14th-century Charter Rolls record it as Kyngeston Lisle in 1322 and Kingston del Isle in 1336.[2] It distinguishes the village and parish from Kingston Bagpuize, which is 8 miles (13 km) to the northeast.

Parish church

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The nave and chancel of the Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist was built in about 1200. The chancel windows are each 14th-century Decorated Gothic.[3] Some 14th-century stained glass survives in a south window of the chancel. Around the east and north windows of the chancel are 14th-century murals of Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and the martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist. The church is a Grade II* listed building.[4] St John's parish is part of the Ridgeway Benefice, along with the parishes of Childrey, Letcombe Bassett, Letcombe Regis, Sparsholt and West Challow.[5]

Economic and social history

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The Domesday Book in 1086 records Kingston Lisle as having 31 households.[6] Kingston Lisle Park is a 17th-century country house on the edge of the village. It was enlarged early the 18th and 19th centuries and is a Grade II* listed building.[7] Between 1805 and 1807 the section of the Wilts & Berks Canal between Longcot and Challow was completed.[8] It passes through the parish at Kingston Common about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) north of the village. Traffic on the canal had virtually ceased by 1901 and the route was formally abandoned in 1914. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is currently restoring the canal. The Great Western Main Line through the Vale of White Horse was opened in 1840. It passes through the northern extremity of Kingston Lisle parish, about 1+3⁄4 miles (3 km) north of the village.

Amenities

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The village has one pub, the Blowing Stone Inn.[9] The parish is served by Uffington Primary School just over 2 miles (3 km) away. [10]

In literature

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The village features in Thomas Hughes' novel Tom Brown's School Days.[11]

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  • The Blowing Stone
    The Blowing Stone
  • Church Cottage is a 16th-century building with cob walls and thatched roof[12]
    Church Cottage is a 16th-century building with cob walls and thatched roof[12]
  • Sign outside the Blowing Stone Inn
    Sign outside the Blowing Stone Inn

References

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  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Kingston Lisle Parish (1170217882)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Ekwall 1960, Kingston
  3. ^ Pevsner 1966, p. 161.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II*) (1048718)". National Heritage List for England.
  5. ^ "Ridgeway Benefice". Wantage Deanery. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Kingston Lisle". Domesday Online. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Kingston Lisle House (Grade II*) (1048722)". National Heritage List for England.
  8. ^ Dalby 2000, p. 23.
  9. ^ The Blowing Stone Inn
  10. ^ "Oxfordshire County Council".
  11. ^ "Tom Brown's School Days, Chapter 1".
  12. ^ Historic England. "Church Cottage (Grade II) (1048717)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

Bibliography

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