Alvescot
Alvescot is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.
There are great places to visit near Alvescot including some great ancient sites, cities and shopping centres.
The area around Alvescot boasts some of the best ancient sites including The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.
Alvescot is near some unmissable cities like Oxford,
There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Alvescot like Westgate Oxford.
Alvescot History
There are some historic monuments around Alvescot:
- Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge
- Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm
- Ring ditches and enclosures
- Medieval settlement remains at Inglesham
- Earthwork in Ewedown Copse
- Settlement site
- Settlement 700m NE of Lechlade
- Wyke monastic grange and section of 18th century turnpike road, 780m south of Tudor Farm
- Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
- Long mortuary enclosure and associated barrow 120m south of Rushey Weir
- Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
- Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
- Ring ditches
- Enclosures and trackways
- Multi-period settlement, cemetery, and ceremonial complex W of Lechlade
- Halfpenny Bridge
- St John's Hospital
- Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
- Minster Lovell Hall
- Burroway enclosure
- Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
- Churchyard cross, 10m south east of St John the Baptist's Church
- Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington
- Iron Age settlement centring 500m SW of Black Bourton
- Interrupted ditch system
- Trackways 500yds (460m) E of St George's Church
- Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
- Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
- Lew village cross
- Causewayed enclosure and associated features on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately west of Rushey Weir
- Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains and associated features, 1km south east of Leaze Farm
- Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm
- Romano-British villa south east of Great Barrington
- Tithe barn
- Radcot Bridge
- Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
- Enclosures 1500m SE of Little Faringdon
- Badbury camp
- Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
- Causewayed enclosure and settlement enclosures immediately north west of Shire Gate
- Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
- Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages
- Roman villa 600yds (550m) NE of Great Lemhill Farm
Places to see near Alvescot
Lakes near Alvescot
Canals near Alvescot
Rivers near Alvescot
- Thame upstream of Aylesbury
- Cuttle Brook
- Dorton, Chearsley and Waddesdon Brooks
- Stoke Brook Aylesbury
- Baldon Brook (South of Oxford)
- Holton Brook and tributaries
- Chinor Brook and Sydenham Brook
- Kingsey Cuttle Brook and tributaries at Thame
- Latchford Brook at Tetsworth
- Hardwick Brook (Source to Thame)
- Lewknor Brook
- Thame (Scotsgrove Brook to Thames)
- Scotsgrove Brook (upstream Kingsey Cuttle Brook)
- Peppershill and Shabbington Brooks
- Worminghall Brook and tributaries
- Thame (Aylesbury to Scotsgrove Brook)
- Haseley Brook
- Chalgrove Brook
- Bear Brook and Wendover Brook
- Fleet Marston Brook, Denham Brook, Pitchcott Brook west
- Berrick Stream and Lady Brook
- Wye (High Wycombe fire station to Thames)
- Sulham Brook
- Hamble Brook
- Mill Brook and Bradfords Brook system, Wallingford
- Cholsey Brook and tributaries
- Hughenden Stream
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Thames (Reading to Cookham)
- Wye (Source to High Wycombe fire station)
- Thames Wallingford to Caversham
- Pang
- Letcombe Brook
- Ock and tributaries (Land Brook confluence to Thames)
- Sandford Brook (source to Ock)
- Frilford and Marcham Brook
- Childrey Brook and Norbrook at Common Barn
- Ock (to Cherbury Brook)
- Childrey and Woodhill Brooks
- Stutfield Brook (source to Ock)
- Ginge Brook and Mill Brook
- Thames (Evenlode to Thame)
- Moor Ditch and Ladygrove Ditch
- Northfield Brook (Source to Thames) at Sandford
- Cow Common Brook and Portobello Ditch
- Cherwell (Bletchingdon to Ray)
- Bloxham Brook (Source to Sor Brook)
- Highfurlong Brook (to Cherwell)
- Hanwell Brook
- Tadmarton Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Upper Swere (Source to Wigginton)
- Hook Norton Brook (Source to Swere)
- Sor Brook (Broughton to Cherwell)
- Farthinghoe Stream (Source to Cherwell) and tributaries
- Swere (Wigginton to Cherwell)
- Ockley Brook and Croughton Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Ashby Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Bayswater Brook
- Deddington Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Sor Brook (Source to Broughton)
- Cherwell (Ray to Thames) and Woodeaton Brook
- Cherwell (Source to Trafford Bridge)
- Chacombe Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Cherwell (Ashby Brook to Cropredy)
- Clayton and Wormleighton Brook, Source to Highfurlong Brook
- Cherwell (Cropredy to Nell Bridge)
- Shutford Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Cherwell (Nell Bridge to Bletchingdon)
- Littlestock Stream to tributary of Evenlode at Shipton
- Evenlode (Source to Four Shires S) and Longborough Stream
- Glyme (Enstone to Dorn)
- Little Compton Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Bledington to Glyme confluence)
- Glyme (Dorn confluence to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Compton Bk to Bledington Bk) and 4 Shires
- Heythorpe Stream and tributaries
- Cornwell Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Coldron and Taston Brooks
- Sars Brook (source to Evenlode downstream Bledington)
- Bledington Brook (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Glyme to Thames)
- Glyme (Source to Enstone)
- Westcote Brook (source to Evenlode at Bledington)
- Dorn (Source to Glyme)