Oakley

Oakley is a village and Civil Parish in Buckinghamshire, England of about 400 households with a population of 1,059 (2001 Census) and area of 2,206 acres (8.93 km²). After Long Crendon (population 2,500) and Brill (1,190), it is the third largest village in the immediate neighbourhood. more...

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Nestling beneath Brill Hill, it appears as another sleepy English village. However, Oakley has a rich past and some famous sons. Oakley must hold a very rare (unique?) double, in that a Victoria Cross recipient AND a Medal of Honor recipient were both born in the village. In 1963, Oakley was centre of national and international news, when Leatherslade Farm near Oakley was used as a hideout by the criminal gang involved in The Great Train Robbery.

Geographical information

The parish is in the extreme west of central Buckinghamshire, touching the border of Oxfordshire. It is roughly diamond shaped, extending a maximum 4.35 miles (6.75 km) east to west and 2 miles (3.25 km) south to north. Oakley parish is borded to the north-west by Boarstall parish, north-east by Brill, east by Chilton. south by Ickford and Worminghall and in the extreme west by Horton-cum-Studley(Oxfordshire). There were once three hamlets that stood within the vicinity of the parish of Oakley. Brill and Boarstall are now parishes in their own right. The hamlet of Studley was, many years ago, annexed to nearby Horton in Oxfordshire, to become Horton-cum-Studley. The hamlet of Little London, Oakley, Bucks became part of Oakley parish in 1934 and lies to the north of the B4011 road. The final hamlet of Addingrove now no longer exists, as the chapel has long since fallen into disrepair - although Addingrove Farm still exists and is 1.75 miles south-east of Oakley.

The village proper is about 3.5 miles (6 km) north west of Long Crendon and 1 mile south of Brill, sitting mainly to the south of the B4011 road, midway between Thame to Bicester. The land is generally just below 300 feet above sea level, that contour passing through Little London Green. At one time the village was owned by the Duke of Marlborough.

Etymology

Oakley’s name is Anglo-Saxon and derived from “Oak-lea”, a clearing within the oaks. Originally, the village was probably a collection of small huts around the stream, at the Church end of the village, although the Church as we know it had not been built. The village would have been in Bernwood Forest. The Forest was not oak trees from horizon to horizon, in the Early Middle Ages, a forest was defined as a hunting area, there would some densely wooded areas, shrub land, parks of pastureland and areas of cultivation.

Oakley's name has been variously spelt through the ages (parenthesised dates denote earliest occurrence) : Acleia (Anglo-Saxon); Akleia (Anglo-Saxon); Achelei (1086); Okelee (1206); Accleia; Acley (1342); Okeley; Oakele; Ocley and Ocle.

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