Littleworth, South Oxfordshire

Human settlement in England

Littleworth

Littleworth

Location within Oxfordshire

OS grid reference| SP5905
Civil parish|

* Wheatley

District|

* South Oxfordshire

Shire county|

* Oxfordshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Oxford
Postcode district| OX33
Dialling code| 01865
Police| Thames Valley
Fire| Oxfordshire
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

* Henley

Website| Wheatley Parish Council

List of places

England
Oxfordshire

51°44′42″N 1°09′07″W﻿ / ﻿51.745°N 1.152°W﻿ / 51.745; -1.152

Littleworth is a hamlet in South Oxfordshire, about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) east of Oxford, England. It is in Wheatley civil parish, immediately west of Wheatley village.

## History

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Wheatley Mill

There were two windmills on the hill about 300 yards (270 m) south of the hamlet. One was a post mill that burned down in 1875. The other, Wheatley Mill, is an octagonal tower mill that dates from before 1671. It has been rebuilt and re-equipped a number of times, including in 1763 after a fire and in 1784 when the Eagle Ironworks, Oxford supplied some of the machinery. The tower mill had fallen out of use by 1914, and lightning struck it in 1939.[1]

Since 1976 the windmill has been under restoration. The mill is open to the public one Sunday a month from May until October.[2]

In 1864 an extension of the Wycombe Railway from Thame to Oxford was built through Littleworth. British Railways closed the line and Wheatley station in 1963. Most of its route through Littleworth was in a cutting, with single-arched brick bridge that still carries Littleworth Road over it.

## Amenities

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Littleworth has one public house, the Cricketer's Arms free house.[3]

Oxford Bus Company route 46 links Littleworth with Oxford via Horspath, Cowley and with Great Milton via Wheatley. Buses run hourly, seven days a week, from early morning until after midnight.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Historic England. "Wheatley Windmill (Grade II) (1369287)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
2. ^ "Welcome to Wheatley Windmill". Wheatley Windmill Preservation Society. 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
3. ^ "The Cricketers Pub Restaurant". Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
4. ^ "City46" (PDF). Oxford Bus Company. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

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* District Council elections
* Didcot and Wantage County Constituency
* Henley and Thame County Constituency

Towns|

* Didcot
* Henley-on-Thames
* Thame (Moreton)
* Wallingford
* Watlington (Christmas Common, Northend)

Large villages|

* Benson (Preston Crowmarsh)
* Berinsfield
* Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (Brightwell, Mackney, Sotwell)
* Chalgrove
* Chinnor (Emmington, Henton, Oakley)
* Cholsey (Winterbrook)
* Crowmarsh (Crowmarsh Gifford, North Stoke, Mongewell, Newnham Murren)
* Ewelme
* Garsington
* Goring-on-Thames
* Great Milton
* Horspath (Bullingdon Green)
* Sandford-on-Thames
* Shiplake (Lower Shiplake)
* Sonning Common
* Wheatley (Littleworth)
* Woodcote

Other civil parishes
(component villages
and hamlets)|

* Adwell
* Aston Rowant
* Aston Tirrold
* Aston Upthorpe
* Beckley and Stowood (Beckley, Stowood)
* Berrick Salome (Berrick Prior, Roke, Rokemarsh)
* Binfield Heath
* Bix and Assendon (Bix, Bix Bottom, Lower Assendon, Middle Assendon)
* Brightwell Baldwin
* Britwell Salome
* Checkendon
* Clifton Hampden (Burcot)
* Crowell
* Cuddesdon and Denton (Cuddesdon, Denton)
* Culham
* Cuxham with Easington (Cuxham, Easington)
* Dorchester
* Drayton St. Leonard
* East Hagbourne (Coscote)
* Elsfield
* Eye and Dunsden (Sonning Eye, Dunsden Green, Playhatch)
* Forest Hill with Shotover (Forest Hill, Shotover)
* Goring Heath (Whitchurch Hill, Cray's Pond)
* Great Haseley (Latchford, Little Haseley, North Weston, Rycote)
* Harpsden
* Highmoor (Satwell)
* Holton
* Ipsden
* Kidmore End (Gallowstree Common)
* Lewknor (Postcombe, South Weston)
* Little Milton
* Little Wittenham
* Long Wittenham
* Mapledurham (Trench Green, Chazey Heath)
* Marsh Baldon (Little Baldon)
* Moulsford
* Nettlebed
* Newington (Great Holcombe)
* North Moreton
* Nuffield
* Nuneham Courtenay
* Pishill with Stonor (Pishill, Stonor, Maidensgrove, Russell's Water)
* Pyrton (Clare, Standhill)
* Rotherfield Greys
* Rotherfield Peppard
* Shirburn
* South Moreton (Fulscot)
* South Stoke (Littlestoke)
* Stadhampton (Chiselhampton, Ascott, Brookhampton)
* Stanton St. John (Woodperry)
* Stoke Row
* Stoke Talmage
* Swyncombe
* Sydenham (Kingston Stert)
* Tetsworth
* Tiddington-with-Albury (Tiddington, Albury)
* Toot Baldon (Baldon Row)
* Towersey
* Warborough (Shillingford)
* Waterperry with Thomley (Waterperry, Thomley)
* Waterstock
* West Hagbourne
* Wheatfield
* Whitchurch-on-Thames
* Wilcote
* Woodeaton

Former districts
and boroughs|

* Bullingdon Rural District
* Municipal Borough of Henley-on-Thames
* Henley Rural District
* Thame Urban District
* Municipal Borough of Wallingford
* Wallingford Rural District
* Crowmarsh Rural District
* Culham Rural District
* Goring Rural District
* Headington Rural District
* Thame Rural District

Former
constituencies|

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

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

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