Grove is a village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire, which is best-known as the home of the Williams F1 Formula One constructor. It is now the largest village in the Vale of White Horse. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
In 1142 Grove, then little more than a hamlet, was recorded when King Stephen granted a manor here to the Abbot of Bermondsey.
In 1770 the turnpike road was built as a more direct route between Wanta...
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Grove is a village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire, which is best-known as the home of the Williams F1 Formula One constructor. It is now the largest village in the Vale of White Horse. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
In 1142 Grove, then little more than a hamlet, was recorded when King Stephen granted a manor here to the Abbot of Bermondsey.
In 1770 the turnpike road was built as a more direct route between Wantage and Oxford. Between 1796 and 1810 the Wilts & Berks Canal was built. Its main route passed through the village and a branch of the canal was built between Grove and Wantage.
In 1840 the Great Western Railway opened Wantage Road railway station on the northern boundary of Grove. In 1875 the Wantage Tramway was built. This was a single track laid alongside the turnpike road linking Wantage Road Station and Wantage. It was operated by steam tram locomotives which pulled both a passenger tramcar and a goods wagons.
Competition from the railway...
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