Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with 568 residents at the 2011 census, falling marginally to 566 at the 2021 census. It is located west of Southwell, north of Lowdham, north-east of Nottingham and north-east of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.
Oxton has a church dedicated to St Peter & St Paul;N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (1979), p.286 a post office and two pubs. Oxton also has two fords – a small ford within the village itself, and a much larger ford on Beanford Lane – often as deep as whilst remaining open to all traffic. It is however closed each March, so that the toads found in the swamp-like area, which the ford crosses, can breed.
Oxton is also home to Tithe Green Natural Burial, a natural burial ground located off Old Ruford Road/the A614
Toponymy Oxton seems to contain the Old English word for an ox, oxa, + tūn (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Ox farm or settlement'.J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.172; A.D.Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.265; E .Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford, 1960), p.356
Notable people Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke, awarded the Victoria Cross, was born in Oxton.
Bus services
NottsBus
747: Oxton – Calverton – Lowdham
Trentbarton
The Calverton also serves the village at 07:16 every morning Monday to Friday and at 07:21 on Saturdays towards Nottingham, while also making a return journey Monday to Saturday from Nottingham at 17:50.
See also Listed buildings in Oxton, Nottinghamshire
References
External links
Parish council details on the Newark and Sherwood district council website