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This attractive village sits astride the A415 almost equidistant from Abingdon
and Dorchester on Thames. The church, restored in the 19th century by G. G.
Scott, stands on a cliff above the river and faces the school with its gabled
clock tower and mullioned windows. On one side of the village is the thatched
Plough Inn and after crossing to the other side of the main road, past several
old cottages, all with traditional ‘cottage gardens’, the bridge, also rebuilt
by Giles Gilbert Scott, is the focal point of the village.
The Barley Mow — the other village pub — is popular with locals, visitors and
those who sail on the river Thames which washes, and sometimes covers, the
bankside garden. Jerome K. Jerome, who is buried in nearby Ewelme, ensured that
the Barley Mow remains in one’s mind. He wrote about staying here in his book
Three Men in a Boat and should you wish to stay in the inn then you may just be
given the Jerome Room.
Walks may be taken along the towpath to Abingdon or Dorchester, to Day’s Lock at
Little Wittenham or to the nearby Wittenham Clumps.
The home of the late John Masefield in the adjacent village of Burcot is now a
‘Cheshire Home’. Opened in the 1970's with the help and inspiration of local
people — the grounds may be seen from the river.
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