Ardington

Village in Oxfordshire, England

For other uses, see Ardington (disambiguation).

Human settlement in England

Ardington

Holy Trinity parish church

Ardington House

Ardington

Location within Oxfordshire

Area| 10.89 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population| 301 (2011 census)[1]
• Density| 28/km2 (73/sq mi)
OS grid reference| SU4388
Civil parish|

* Ardington

District|

* Vale of White Horse

Shire county|

* Oxfordshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Wantage
Postcode district| OX12
Dialling code| 01235
Police| Thames Valley
Fire| Oxfordshire
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

* Didcot and Wantage

Website| Ardington and Lockinge Parish Council

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England
Oxfordshire

51°35′35″N 1°22′44″W﻿ / ﻿51.593°N 1.379°W﻿ / 51.593; -1.379

Ardington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Since 2012 responsibility for Ardington and the neighbouring parish of Lockinge has been combined in a joint single parish council for Ardington and Lockinge.

## Geography and economy

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Ardington is a downland village, with its parish stretching from the loam-rich north to the chalk downlands to the south. The ancient path of the Ridgeway runs through the southern part of the parish, along the North Wessex Downs AONB section of the route. Racing stables are beside and around the village most of which use the Downs for gallops. Being set in the Lockinge Estate, most of Ardington parish and nearby of East and West Lockinge are owned by Thomas Loyd and managed by Adkin Rural and Commercial. Local amenities include a public house - The Boar's Head, a sports club, village store, post office and tearoom, and the Loyd-Lindsay Rooms - a set of rooms which are let out to the community and on a commercial basis for weddings, parties and conferences. Local charities can use the rooms to hold events to raise money.

## Architecture

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The oldest part of the Church of England parish church of Holy Trinity is the chancel arch, built about 1200.[2] The Gothic Revival architect Joseph Clarke added the tower and spire in 1856.[3] Somers Clarke remodelled the remainder of the church in 1887.[4]

Ardington House was built for Edward Clarke in 1721 and has three tall storeys and seven window bays in breadth, not being deep, almost rectangular. It has small wings without bays to each side (alternatively the entire front range can be described as projecting) topped by a classical triangular pediment framing a weathered mid-19th century coat of arms in stone (cartouche). Its windows and central door are faced in complementary coloured brickwork dressings to its general grey brick façade.[5][6][7] It is a Georgian Grade II* listed building and is open to the public in the summer months.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Area selected: Ardington (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
2. ^ Pevsner 1966, p. 67.
3. ^ Pevsner 1966, p. 66.
4. ^ Pevsner 1966, pp. 66, 67.
5. ^ Page & Ditchfield 1924, pp. 269–272.
6. ^ Ardington House: Oxfordshire's Baroque Masterpiece
7. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1048188)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
8. ^ Ardington House: Public Opening

## Sources

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* Page, W.H.; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 269–272.
* Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 66–68.

## External links

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* Media related to Ardington at Wikimedia Commons
* Ardington in the Domesday Book

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The District of the Vale of White Horse

* Oxfordshire
* County Council elections
* District Council elections
* Didcot and Wantage County Constituency
* Oxford West and Abingdon County Constituency
* Witney County Constituency

Towns|

* Abingdon-on-Thames
* Caldecott
* Faringdon
* Wantage
* Belmont

Large villages|

* Blewbury
* Cumnor
* Chilswell
* Cumnor Hill
* Dean Court
* Farmoor
* Swinford
* Drayton
* East Challow
* East Hendred
* Great Western Park
* Grove
* Harwell
* Kennington
* Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
* Kingston Bagpuize
* Southmoor
* Marcham
* Cothill
* Milton
* North Hinksey
* Botley
* Harcourt Hill
* Radley
* St. Helen Without
* Dry Sandford
* Shippon
* Shrivenham
* Stanford in the Vale
* Bow
* Steventon
* Sunningwell
* Bayworth
* Boars Hill
* Foxcombe Hill
* Sutton Courtenay
* Watchfield
* Wootton
* Boars Hill
* Henwood
* Lamborough Hill

Other civil parishes
(component villages
and hamlets)|

* Appleford-on-Thames
* Appleton-with-Eaton
* Appleton
* Eaton
* Ardington and Lockinge
* Ardington
* Ardington Wick
* East Lockinge
* West Lockinge
* West Ginge
* Ashbury
* Idstone
* Kingstone Winslow
* Baulking
* Besselsleigh
* Bourton
* Buckland
* Gainfield
* Buscot
* Charney Bassett
* Childrey
* Chilton
* Coleshill
* Compton Beauchamp
* Knighton
* Denchworth
* East Hanney
* Eaton Hastings
* Fernham
* Frilford
* Fyfield and Tubney
* Fyfield
* Tubney
* Netherton
* Garford
* Goosey
* Great Coxwell
* Hatford
* Little Hatford
* Hinton Waldrist
* Duxford
* Kingston Lisle
* Letcombe Bassett
* Letcombe Regis
* Little Coxwell
* Littleworth
* Longcot
* Longworth
* Lyford
* Pusey
* Shellingford
* South Hinksey
* Hinksey Hill
* Sparsholt
* Uffington
* Upton
* West Challow
* West Hanney
* West Hendred
* East Ginge
* Western Valley
* Woolstone
* Wytham
* Seacourt

Former districts
and boroughs|

* Municipal Borough of Abingdon
* Abingdon Rural District
* Faringdon Rural District
* Wantage Urban District
* Wantage Rural District

Former
constituencies|

* Oxfordshire County Constituency
* Abingdon Borough Constituency
* Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency
* Abingdon County Constituency
* Wantage County Constituency

* List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
* List of places in Oxfordshire
* List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire

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