> Marshalls Home
The village of Tackley is situated in the north of Oxfordshire, ten miles from
Oxford and twelve miles from Banbury. It is reached by turning off from the A423
at Sturdys Castle public house.
This attractive village has an 11th century church, St Nicholas, 17th century
fish ponds and two Elizabethan arches, one of which reads Deus Industriam
Beat, meaning God Bless Industry.
The lord of the manor once lived at Tackley Park, which has a lake and used to
abound with wildlife. At Easter time it used to be opened for the Sunday school
children to pick a bunch of daffodils to take home to their mothers.
Several poor families from the village were sent to Australia in the year 1848,
but sadly their ship was wrecked in a storm, just a day or so before they were
due to arrive, and all lives were lost.
The population has increased enormously since 1945 with many new properties
being built, but they all blend in well with the old stone cottages from
centuries ago.
The main industry in the village used to be agriculture, sheep farming, game
keeping, hedge-laying, etc as well as the local cement works. However, in this
modern age, apart from some work on the land, most people go out of the village
to the towns to work.
Click here
for a quote and to instruct your survey online
> Marshalls Home