Enstone is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Chipping Norton.
The civil parish is the largest in Oxfordshire, comprising the villages of Church Enstone and Neat Enstone (referred to collectively as Enstone) and the hamlets of Chalford, Cleveley, Gagingwell, Lidstone, and Radford.
Enstone's toponym is derived from a standing stone called the Ent Stone, part of the ruins of a neolithic tomb just off the Charlb...
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Enstone is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Chipping Norton.
The civil parish is the largest in Oxfordshire, comprising the villages of Church Enstone and Neat Enstone (referred to collectively as Enstone) and the hamlets of Chalford, Cleveley, Gagingwell, Lidstone, and Radford.
Enstone's toponym is derived from a standing stone called the Ent Stone, part of the ruins of a neolithic tomb just off the Charlbury Road. The site is also known as the Hoar Stone.
The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church of Saint Kenelm are Norman, but the building has been rebuilt in stages since the 12th century. The bell tower dates from the middle of the 16th century. A stained glass window installed in the north aisle as a First World War memorial may have been made by Morris & Co.
East of St. Kenelm's church is a mediaeval barn that was built for Winchcombe Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Gloucestershire that owned the manor of Enstone. The...
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