Nethercote is a hamlet on the edge of North Oxfordshire, a rural area bordering with West Northamptonshire. The hamlet sits South East of J11 of M40, predominantly agricultural land used for grazing, a single-track road runs right through the hamlet, known as Banbury Lane, which has around a dozen residential properties along the lane. As… Continue reading Just What Does The Future Hold For Nethercote
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Nethercote Christmas Wildlife Survey
Help to protect our wildlife & habitats by recording the wildlife you see if visiting Nethercote during the festive period! If You Are Local, Please Join Our Christmas Wildlife Survey! If you are lucky enough to enjoy some quality time with your family over the festive period, or perhaps take some solitary time to yourself… Continue reading Nethercote Christmas Wildlife Survey
Nethercote Gridlocked on a Friday Afternoon!
A422 Dual carriageway AND Nethercote gridlocked on a Friday afternoon, yet developers want to build MORE warehouses here, generating yet more traffic! Please sign the petition to #keepnethercoterural #handsoffourhamlet If developers have their way, this field will have industrial warehouses standing on it, and more traffic would be generated – it is so clear that… Continue reading Nethercote Gridlocked on a Friday Afternoon!
Thank You For Spreading The Word!
Support for the small Banbury hamlet and the campaign to Keep Nethercote Rural continues to grow thanks to everyone who has signed and helped spread the word! The petition calls for conservation protection against development for this pretty, rural hamlet and has now passed 400 signatures! We cannot say enough times, a massive thank you… Continue reading Thank You For Spreading The Word!
Golf at Nethercote
Golf at Nethercote In 1901 Banbury & District Golf Club emerged from the reorganisation and Bodicote Golf Club was disbanded. Although by 1905 the golf club had moved to Broughton Road The principal event of the week has been the re-organisation of the Bodicote Golf Club, which will, in future, be known as the Banbury… Continue reading Golf at Nethercote
M40 Construction Junction 11
The M40 motorway links London, Oxford and Birmingham, a distance of approximately 89 miles (143 km) The motorway between London and Oxford was constructed in stages between 1967 and 1974 Late in the 1960s, not long after the first stretch opened, the Ministry of Transport announced the possibility of building a motorway to link London… Continue reading M40 Construction Junction 11
Former World War I National Filling Factory
Former World War I National Filling Factory At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the filling facilities for high explosives were limited to the Royal Arsenal Woolwich and factories at Lemington Point and Derwenthaugh (Newcastle Upon Tyne), belonging to the armament manufacturers Armstrong and Whitworth and Co. Ltd. By 1915, the British… Continue reading Former World War I National Filling Factory
The Bowling Green Inn
The Bowling Green Inn The Bowling Green Inn is thought to have opened in the late 1800s. Certainly it shows on OS maps 1888-1913. The site falls partly within Cherwell District Council and partly within West Northamptonshire district (formerly South Northants) When the M40 Banbury stretch was built in the late 1980’s, the Overthorpe Road… Continue reading The Bowling Green Inn
Support For The Hamlet of Nethercote Continues To Grow
The campaign to Keep Nethercote Rural is gaining traction as people show their support for the small Banbury hamlet. Launched only last week, the petition calls for conservation protection against development for this pretty, rural area and already has over 250 signatures! Again a massive thank you to every single person who has already signed… Continue reading Support For The Hamlet of Nethercote Continues To Grow
Banbury Cheese
Banbury Cheese! Throughout the Middle Ages until the mid-eighteenth century, Nethercote along with the original hamlet of Grimsbury was the centre of Banbury’s cheese making trade, a product that was made from local resources and much prized at the time, although there is little mention of it by the nineteenth century Banbury cheeses first appear… Continue reading Banbury Cheese