Beckley, Oxfordshire
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Beckley is a village in the civil parish of Beckley and Stowood, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 4.5 miles (7 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish of Beckley and Stowood's population as 608. The village is 400 feet (120 m) above sea level on the northern brow of a hill overlooking Otmoor. The hill is the highest part of the parish, rising to 463 feet (141 m) south of the village near Stow Wood. On the eastern brow of the hill is Oxford transmitting station, a television relay mast that is a local landmark. In 1931 the parish of Beckley had a population of 288. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form "Beckley and Stowood", part also went to "Fencott and Murcott".
Parish church of the Assumption of the Blesséd Virgin Mary
One and a half storey vernacular cottages in High Road, Beckley. They are built of coursed rubble masonry of local stone, typical of the Great Rebuilding of England.
New Inn Farm, Stowood, near Beckley, was built in the 18th century.
Parish church of the Assumption: chancel arch with 14th-century paintings of Doom and SS Peter and Paul, plus 18th-century painting of Royal arms.
Francis Leveson Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame, was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to Italy between 1903 and 1905 and Ambassador to France between 1905 and 1918.
