Main Street, Oxton, Notts.
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Main Street, Oxton, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 4 Jan 2015
The Grade I-listed Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul is seen here from Manor Close. It is generally thought that a church existed at Oxton at the time of the Domesday survey although it has been suggested that it would probably have been smaller and probably aisle-less. As an adult, the son of the Rev. William Mompesson of Eyam Plague fame became a prebendary of Oxton and Crophill. As an infant his son was evacuated to Sheffield in 1666, prior to the plague taking hold of that village. This occurred before the quarantine was agreed, after which time all the Eyam villagers were pressured into staying put.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.055971
Longitude
-1.061648