Kingston Blount is a village about 4mi southeast of Thame in South Oxfordshire, England. The village is a spring line settlement at the foot of the Chiltern Hills escarpment. The ancient pre-Roman Ridgeway and Icknield Way pass through the parish. The Ridgeway is now a National Trail.HistoryThe Church of England parish church of Saint John was designed by Aston Webb and built in 1877. It is red brick, has the nave and chancel under a single roof and a small south aisle. The building is now a redundant church.Cop Court is an early 18th-century house built around the remains of an earlier, probably 16th-century one. On the south side is a medieval bastion from an even earlier building on the site.Economy and amenitiesThe village has one public house, The Cherry Tree. There is a large playing field where the village's main events are held. Kingston Blount has a Point-to-point course.C.J. Day Associates is an engineering business in Kingston Blount that specialises in biomass power plant for industry. Projects include a 5 MWe tyre fuel power plant in Portugal and wood chip and waste fuel projects in the UK. Current projects include proposed power stations in Bishops Castle and Tenbury Wells, both of which have attracted criticism. Chris Day gave evidence on the subject to Parliament in 2004.
Address & Contact
- Street:
- High Street
- City:
- Chinnor
- Website:
- http://www.cherrytreekingstonblount.co.uk
- Category:
- Landmark & Historical Place