Chilswell
51°43′34″N1°17′7″W/ 51.72611°N 1.28528°W
Chilswellis a small settlement in the parish ofCumnor,Oxfordshire.It lies between the village ofSouth HinkseyandBoars Hill.In 1974 it wastransferred from Berkshire.
The place was first mentioned in 1180 asChiefleswelle.The name is ofOld Englishorigin, and appears to mean 'the stream of a man called Cifel'.[1]An older form of the name is Childsworth, and the place is mentioned by that name in the poemThyrsisbyMatthew Arnold.Arnold's "signal elm" is in a field nearby, bought by theOxford Preservation TrustfromAll Souls College, Oxfordin 2009.[2]
The remains of a Roman villa have been found nearby.[3]
Chilswell House, on the edge of Boars Hill, was built in 1907 to be the home of the poetRobert Bridges,[4]the writerMonica Bridgesand their three children.[5]
Chilswell Valley(also known as Happy Valley), between Chilswell and South Hinksey, is a nature reserve managed byOxford City Council.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Gelling, M. (1974)Place-Names of Berkshirep.446
- ^Oxford Preservation Trust websiteArchived29 June 2007 at theWayback Machine
- ^Bradley, Richard (1986)."A Reinterpretation of the Abingdon Causewayed Enclosure"(PDF).Oxoniensia.51:186.
- ^Poetry Landmarks website
- ^Phillips, Catherine (23 September 2004).Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844–1930), poet.Vol. 1. Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32066.
- ^"Countryside and Nature Reserves".Oxford City Council.Retrieved12 July2014.
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