Frilford is a hamlet and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. It is about west of Abingdon at the junction of the A415 and A338 roads. It was part of Berkshire until it transferred to Oxfordshire in the 1974 boundary changes.
Archaeology
The parish of Frilford has two significant archaeological sites: a
Roman villa, and a cemetery on Frilford Heath that appears to include both Roman and Saxon burials.
[Pevsner, 1966, page 144] A further complex of remains, including a Roman shrine and amphitheatre, is often referred to as being in Frilford but lies to the south of the village, just inside the boundary of
Marcham parish.
Churches
Frilford is part of the Church of England parish of
Marcham. It has no Church of England parish church of its own, but a Congregational chapel was built at Frilford in 1841.
[Page & Ditchfield, 1924, pages 354–360]
Amenities
Frilford Heath Golf Club is to the east of the village. Abingdon Preparatory School at Frilford, formerly Joscas, is a preparatory school.
Transport
Three Stagecoach in Oxfordshire bus routes serve Frilford. Route 15 to
Witney and Abingdon. Routes S8 (via Abingdon) and S9 (via
Cumnor) to
Wantage and
Oxford.
People
Notable people from Frilford include Dr
Gary Botting, born at Oakley House Maternity Hospital on 19 July 1943, who became a noted Canadian extradition lawyer.
Sources & further reading
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Akerman, 1865. Report on excavations in an ancient cemetery at Frilford. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 3, 136–41
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Haverfield, F. 1897. A Roman villa at Frilford. Archaeological Journal, 54, 340–54
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Rolleston, G. 1869. Researches and excavations at an ancient cemetery at Frilford. Archaeologia, 42, 417-85
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Rolleston, G. 1880. Further researches in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Frilford. Archaeologia, 45, 405-10
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