Postcombe

Village in Oxfordshire, England

Human settlement in England

Lewknor

District

South Oxfordshire

Shire county

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townThamePostcode districtOX9Dialling code01844PoliceThames ValleyFire Oxfordshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Henley

Website/ postcombe.com - village page

List of places: UK; England; Oxfordshire

51°41′31″N 0°58′23″W / 51.692°N 0.973°W / 51.692; -0.973

Postcombe is a village in the civil parish of Lewknor. It is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Thame in Oxfordshire, England, and about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Lewknor. It is on the A40 road with the Chiltern Hills to the east and the M40 motorway just to the south.

In 1971–73, the M40 Archaeological research group excavating a site at Postcombe found three Saxon graves, one of which was of a child. A bronze buckle in one of the graves dated the burials to the 7th century.^[1]

On the morning of 18 June 1643, Royalist cavalry based in Oxford attacked a Parliamentary garrison based in the village, setting fire to some of the houses.^[2]

The village has a public house, England's Rose, that was formerly known as, The Feathers. There is also a filling station. The current Lord of the Manor is Nigel Ross Parsons.^[3]

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Postcombe.

"Chalgrove Field, Oxfordshire, 18 June 1643". BCW Project. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
Chippindale, Marcus. "Aussie takes on title of Lord of the manor". Newspaper Editorial. Thame Gazette. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
Village community page
Visit South Oxfordshire

References

^ "Adwell". Oxfordshire's Historic archives. Ashmolean Museum.
^ "Chalgrove Field, Oxfordshire, 18 June 1643". BCW Project. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Chippindale, Marcus. "Aussie takes on title of Lord of the manor". Newspaper Editorial. Thame Gazette. Retrieved 19 October 2013.