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{{Short description|Village in Oxfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{infobox UK place
|official_name= Kencot
|static_image_name= Kencot, St. George's Church - geograph.org.uk - 381300.jpg
|static_image_caption= St. George's parish church
|coordinates = {{coord|51.743|-1.613|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference= SP2504
|population= 101
|population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])
|civil_parish= Kencot
|shire_district= [[West Oxfordshire]]
|shire_county= [[Oxfordshire]]
|region= South East England
|country= England
|post_town= [[Lechlade]]
|postcode_district= GL7
|postcode_area= GL
|dial_code= 01367
|constituency_westminster= [[Witney (UK Parliament constituency)|Witney]]
|website=
}}
'''Kencot''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] about {{convert|2|mi|0}} south-west of [[Carterton, Oxfordshire|Carterton]] in [[West Oxfordshire]]. The [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] recorded the parish's population as 101.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125108&c=Kencot&d=16&e=62&g=6459875&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1426954483127&enc=1 |title=Area: Kencot (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |work=[[Neighbourhood Statistics]] |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
==Archaeology==
A Neolithic stone [[hand axe]] was found at Kencot. [[Petrology|Petrological]] analysis in 1940 identified the stone as [[Epidote|epidotised]] [[tuff]] from [[Rossett Pike|Stake Pass]] in the [[Lake District]], {{convert|230|mi}} to the north. Stone axes from the same source have been found at [[Alvescot]], [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]], [[Sutton Courtenay]]{{sfn|Harden|1940|p=165}} and [[Minster Lovell]].{{sfn|Zeuner|1952|p=240}}
==Parish church==
The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint George]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/KencotStGeorge.htm |work=Oxfordshire Churches & Chapels |title=Kencot, St George |publisher=Brian Curtis }}</ref> is [[Norman architecture|Norman]].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=667}} Features from this period include the south doorway,{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=667}} whose [[Tympanum (architecture)|tympanum]] contains a [[relief]] of [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]] shooting a monster, and a former doorway in the north wall.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=667}} The openings of the [[chancel]] windows are 13th century{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=668}} but the windows themselves are modern.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=667}} The ground stage of the [[bell tower]] was built in about 1300{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=668}} and the present chancel arch was built early in the 14th century.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=667}} High in the south wall of the [[nave]] are two [[English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular Gothic]] windows,{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=668}} and the late Perpendicular upper stages of the tower were completed in about 1500.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=668}} St George's is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade II* listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1053501 |desc=Church of St George |grade=II* |access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>  The parish is now part of the [[Benefice#Church of England|Benefice]] of Shill Valley and Broadshire.
==Economic and social history==
Red Rose Close was built in the 17th century, in 1650 according to its date-stone.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=668}} Manor Farm house was built in the 17th century and altered in the 18th century.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=668}} Kencot House is a house of seven [[Bay (architecture)|bays]] built early in the 18th century.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=668}} Much of the village is within a conservation area. As well as the church it has a number of other Grade II listed buildings and other structures (including the telephone kiosk and war memorial).
==RAF Broadwell==
[[RAF Broadwell]] was built in 1943 on land in the parish {{convert|1|mi|km}} north of the village. The [[airfield]] was in service until 1947<ref>[http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/c1551542.html Airfiends & Aviation Memorials website]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and was used by [[Royal Air Force]] [[RAF Transport Command|Transport Command]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.controltowers.co.uk/B/Broadwell.htm |title=RAF Broadwell |work=Controltowers.co.uk }}</ref>
==References==
[[File:Kencot VR wallbox.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Victorian era|Victorian]] post box mounted in the wall of Dossett's Old School, next to Kencot manor house]]
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==Sources and further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Fisher |first=A.S.T. |author-link=A.S.T. Fisher |year=1970 |title=The History of Kencot, Oxfordshire |publisher=privately published }}
*{{cite journal |last=Harden |first=D.B. |year=1940 |title=The Geological Origin of Four Stone Axes Found in the Oxford District |journal=[[Oxoniensia]] |volume=V |page=165 |publisher=[[Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society|Oxford Architectural and Historical Society]] |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1940/notes.pdf}}
*{{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Oxfordshire |year=1974 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=667–668 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Townley |first1=Simon C. (ed.) |last2=Colvin |first2=Christina |last3=Cragoe |first3=Carol |last4=Ortenberg |first4=Veronica |last5=Peberdy |first5=R.B. |last6=Selwyn |first6=Nesta |last7=Williamson |first7=Elizabeth |year=2006 |title=A History of the County of Oxford |volume=15: Carterton, Minster Lovell and Environs: Bampton Hundred (Part Three) |series=[[Victoria County History]] |place=Woodbridge |publisher=[[Boydell & Brewer]] for the [[Institute of Historical Research]] |isbn=978-1-90435-606-6 |pages=147–177 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol15 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Zeuner |first=F.E. |author-link=F. E. Zeuner |year=1952 |title=A group VI neolithic axe from Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire |journal=Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society |volume=XVIII |issue=2 |pages=240–241 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] for [[The Prehistoric Society]] |issn=0958-8418 |url= http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9264615&fulltextType=XX&fileId=S0079497X00018387 }}
==External links==
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