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[[File:St Nicholas, Idbury, Oxon - Hearse - geograph.org.uk - 1609225.jpg|thumb|Historic [[hearse]] displayed inside St Nicholas' parish church]]

'''Idbury''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Cotswold Hills]] in [[Oxfordshire]], about {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} southeast of [[Stow-on-the-Wold]] in neighbouring [[Gloucestershire]]. The parish includes the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of [[Bould]] and [[Foscot, Oxfordshire|Foscot]]. The [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] recorded the parish's population as 240.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124969&c=Idbury&d=16&e=62&g=6460052&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427924858637&enc=1
'''Idbury''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Cotswold Hills]] in [[Oxfordshire]], about {{convert|4+1/2|mi|0}} southeast of [[Stow-on-the-Wold]] in neighbouring [[Gloucestershire]]. The parish includes the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]] of [[Bould]] and [[Foscot, Oxfordshire|Foscot]]. The [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] recorded the parish's population as 240.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124969&c=Idbury&d=16&e=62&g=6460052&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427924858637&enc=1
|title=Area: Idbury (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |work=[[Neighbourhood Statistics]] |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref>
|title=Area: Idbury (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |work=[[Neighbourhood Statistics]] |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>


==Archaeology==
==Archaeology==
About {{convert|1/3|mi|m}} west of the village is a [[Hillforts in Britain|hillfort]], Idbury Camp. It was used in the [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]], [[Roman Britain|Roman]] occupation and [[Anglo-Saxon England|Saxon]] era, and possibly earlier. The village's [[Toponymy|toponym]] is derived from the [[Old English]] for "Ida's ''[[burh]]''", further attesting to the fort's continued use in the Saxon era.{{sfn|VCH|2014|p=1}} The remains of its rampart are about {{convert|33|ft}} wide, up to {{convert|16|in|m|1}} high and enclose an area of about {{convert|9|acre}}. The fort is a [[scheduled monument]].{{sfn|Harden|1954||pp=142, 143}}<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1014558 |desc=Idbury Camp hillfort |accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref>
About {{convert|1/3|mi|m}} west of the village is a [[Hillforts in Britain|hillfort]], Idbury Camp. It was used in the [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]], [[Roman Britain|Roman]] occupation and [[Anglo-Saxon England|Saxon]] era, and possibly earlier. The village's [[Toponymy|toponym]] is derived from the [[Old English]] for "Ida's ''[[burh]]''", further attesting to the fort's continued use in the Saxon era.{{sfn|VCH|2014|p=1}} The remains of its rampart are about {{convert|33|ft}} wide, up to {{convert|16|in|m|1}} high and enclose an area of about {{convert|9|acre}}. The fort is a [[scheduled monument]].{{sfn|Harden|1954||pp=142, 143}}<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1014558 |desc=Idbury Camp hillfort |access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>


==Parish church==
==Parish church==
The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint Nicholas|St Nicholas]] was originally [[Norman architecture|Norman]], but little survives from this period except the ornate north doorway.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} Early in the 14th century the bell-turret, north [[Aisle#Architecture|aisle]], south porch and south doorway were added, new windows were inserted in the [[chancel]] and the chancel arch was altered.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} The east window is [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} The [[bell tower]] was added shortly afterwards.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} Later a [[clerestory]] was added to the [[nave]] and other windows were added to the nave and north aisle, all of them [[English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular Gothic]].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} The church is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1367780 |desc=Church of St Nicholas |grade=I |accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref>
The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Saint Nicholas|St Nicholas]] was originally [[Norman architecture|Norman]], but little survives from this period except the ornate north doorway.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} Early in the 14th century the bell-turret, north [[Aisle#Architecture|aisle]], south porch and south doorway were added, new windows were inserted in the [[chancel]] and the chancel arch was altered.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} The east window is [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} The [[bell tower]] was added shortly afterwards.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} Later a [[clerestory]] was added to the [[nave]] and other windows were added to the nave and north aisle, all of them [[English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular Gothic]].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=657}} The church is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1367780 |desc=Church of St Nicholas |grade=I |access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>


The tower has three bells, two of which are medieval. The second and tenor bells were cast in about 1420 by an unknown bellfounder, and the treble was cast in 1749 by Abel [[Rudhall of Gloucester]].<ref name=Dove>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Idbury&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=IDBURY |title= Idbury S Nicholas |work=[[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers]] |publisher=[[Central Council of Church Bell Ringers]] |last=Davies |first=Peter |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=26 March 2012}}</ref> There is also a [[Church bell#Types|Sanctus bell]] that was cast in about 1320<ref name=Dove/> and hangs in a [[Bell-cot|bellcote]] on the gable end of the nave above the chancel arch.
The tower has three bells, two of which are medieval. The second and tenor bells were cast in about 1420 by an unknown bellfounder, and the treble was cast in 1749 by Abel [[Rudhall of Gloucester]].<ref name=Dove>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Idbury&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=IDBURY |title= Idbury S Nicholas |work=[[Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers]] |publisher=[[Central Council of Church Bell Ringers]] |last=Davies |first=Peter |date=22 December 2011 |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> There is also a [[Church bell#Types|Sanctus bell]] that was cast in about 1320<ref name=Dove/> and hangs in a [[Bell-cot|bellcote]] on the gable end of the nave above the chancel arch. The tower also has an early [[turret clock]] of a type that is unusual for this part of England.{{sfn|Beeson|Northcote|Simcock|1989|p=166}} It has a wooden frame more characteristic of the [[Midlands (England)|Midlands]].{{sfn|Beeson|Northcote|Simcock|1989|p=170}} Early in the 18th century the clock was modified with the addition of a new escapement of unusual design,{{sfn|Beeson|Northcote|Simcock|1989|p=170}} but the clock itself is considerably older. St Nicholas' parish is part of the [[Benefice#Church of England|Benefice]] of [[Shipton-under-Wychwood]] with [[Milton-under-Wychwood]], [[Fifield, Oxfordshire|Fifield]] and Idbury.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27/444BJ |author=Archbishops' Council |author-link=Archbishops' Council |title=Benefice of Shipton-under-Wychwood with Milton-under Wychwood, Fifield and Idbury |work=[[A Church Near You]] |publisher=[[Church of England]] |year=2015 |access-date=1 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402184001/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27%2F444BJ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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==Social history==
The tower also has an early [[turret clock]] of a type that is unusual for this part of England.{{sfn|Beeson|Northcote|Simcock|1989|p=166}} It has a wooden frame more characteristic of the [[Midlands (England)|Midlands]].{{sfn|Beeson|Northcote|Simcock|1989|p=170}} Early in the 18th century the clock was modified with the addition of a new escapement of unusual design,{{sfn|Beeson|Northcote|Simcock|1989|p=170}} but the clock itself is considerably older.
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Idbury had a [[Voluntary controlled school|Church of England school]] from 1845 until 1966. The building is now a private house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/idburyschool.shtml |work=Idbury |title=Idbury school |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002226/http://www.idbury.com/idburyschool.shtml |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> The engineer [[Benjamin Baker (engineer)|Sir Benjamin Baker]], noted for his work on the [[Forth Railway Bridge|Forth Bridge]], [[London Victoria station]] and the first [[Aswan Dam]], is buried in the churchyard.{{sfn|Kerrigan|1998|p=123}}


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==''The Countryman''==
St Nicholas' parish is part of the [[Benefice#Church of England|Benefice]] of [[Shipton-under-Wychwood]] with [[Milton-under-Wychwood]], [[Fifield, Oxfordshire|Fifield]] and Idbury.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice.php?B=27/444BJ |author=[[Archbishops' Council]] |title=Benefice of Shipton-under-Wychwood with Milton-under Wychwood, Fifield and Idbury |work=[[A Church Near You]] |publisher=[[Church of England]] |year=2015 |accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref>
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[[J. W. Robertson Scott]]<ref>John William Robertson Scott (1866–1962); author of ''England's Green & Pleasant Land'' and other works</ref> moved to Idbury [[Manor house|Manor]] in 1922 and founded ''The [[Countryman (magazine)|Countryman]]''<ref>[http://www.countrymanmagazine.co.uk/ The Countryman Magazine]</ref> magazine there in 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/scott.shtml |work=Idbury |title=J. W. Robertson Scott and the Countryman Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105180248/http://idbury.com/scott.shtml |archive-date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> In 1924 the novelist [[Sylvia Townsend Warner]] rented a cottage in Idbury from Robertson Scott.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/sylvia.shtml |work=Idbury |title=Sylvia Townsend Warner in Idbury |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002415/http://www.idbury.com/sylvia.shtml |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> In 1934 the Canadian poet [[Frank Prewett]] moved to Idbury where he briefly worked as assistant editor of ''The Countryman''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/prewitt.shtml |work=Idbury |title=Frank Prewett in Idbury and Fifield |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105171047/http://idbury.com/prewitt.shtml |archive-date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> In 1949 Robertson Scott retired and the magazine moved to [[Burford, Oxfordshire]]. Apart from a short period in a London office, the magazine remained at Burford until 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.countrymanmagazine.co.uk/?page_id=2 |title=Countryman profile |publisher=Countryman Publications Ltd |access-date=5 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044617/http://www.news.countrymanmagazine.co.uk/?page_id=2 |archive-date=26 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> when publication moved to [[Broughton, Craven#Broughton Hall|Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire]].


== Notable people ==
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==Social history==
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Idbury had a [[Voluntary controlled school|Church of England school]] from 1845 until 1966. The building is now a private house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/idburyschool.shtml |work=Idbury |title=Idbury school |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002226/http://www.idbury.com/idburyschool.shtml |archivedate=13 July 2011 }}</ref>


Idbury is the home of psychologist and psychotherapist [[Oliver James (psychologist)|Oliver James]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idbury.org/idbury-arts-festival/|title=IDBURY ARTS FESTIVAL &#124; idbury}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/3659650.new-take-tackling-dementia/|title=New take on tackling dementia|date=12 September 2008|website=Oxford Mail}}</ref>
The engineer [[Benjamin Baker (engineer)|Sir Benjamin Baker]], noted for his work on the [[Forth Railway Bridge|Forth Bridge]], [[London Victoria station]] and the first [[Aswan Dam]], is buried in the churchyard.{{sfn|Kerrigan|1998|p=123}}

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==''The Countryman''==
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[[J. W. Robertson Scott]]<ref>John William Robertson Scott (1866–1962); author of ''England's Green & Pleasant Land'' and other works</ref> moved to Idbury [[Manor house|Manor]] in 1922 and founded ''The [[Countryman (magazine)|Countryman]]''<ref>[http://www.countrymanmagazine.co.uk/ The Countryman Magazine]</ref> magazine there in 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/scott.shtml |work=Idbury |title=J. W. Robertson Scott and the Countryman Magazine |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105180248/http://idbury.com/scott.shtml |archivedate=5 January 2009 }}</ref> In 1924 the novelist [[Sylvia Townsend Warner]] rented a cottage in Idbury from Robertson Scott.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/sylvia.shtml |work=Idbury |title=Sylvia Townsend Warner in Idbury |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002415/http://www.idbury.com/sylvia.shtml |archivedate=13 July 2011 }}</ref> In 1934 the Canadian poet [[Frank Prewett]] moved to Idbury where he briefly worked as assistant editor of ''The Countryman''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idbury.com/prewitt.shtml |work=Idbury |title=Frank Prewett in Idbury and Fifield |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105171047/http://idbury.com/prewitt.shtml |archivedate=5 January 2009 }}</ref> In 1949 Robertson Scott retired and the magazine moved to [[Burford, Oxfordshire]]. Apart from a short period in a London office, the magazine remained at Burford until 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.countrymanmagazine.co.uk/?page_id=2 |title=Countryman profile |publisher=Countryman Publications Ltd |accessdate=5 July 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826044617/http://www.news.countrymanmagazine.co.uk/?page_id=2 |archivedate=26 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> when publication moved to [[Broughton, Craven#Broughton Hall|Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire]].


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[File:St Nicholas, Idbury, Oxon - Hearse - geograph.org.uk - 1609225.jpg|thumb|Historic hearse displayed inside St Nicholas' parish church]]
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==Sources==
==Sources==
*{{cite book |last1=Beeson |first1=C.F.C. |author1-link=Cyril Beeson |last2=Northcote |first2=L.S. |last3=Simcock |first3=A.V. |year=1989 |origyear=1962 |edition=3rd |title=Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400–1850 |place=Oxford |publisher=[[Museum of the History of Science, Oxford|Museum of the History of Science]] |isbn=0-903364-06-9 |pages=44, 166–170 |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |last1=Beeson |first1=C.F.C. |author1-link=Cyril Beeson |last2=Northcote |first2=L.S. |last3=Simcock |first3=A.V. |year=1989 |orig-year=1962 |edition=3rd |title=Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400–1850 |place=Oxford |publisher=[[Museum of the History of Science, Oxford|Museum of the History of Science]] |isbn=0-903364-06-9 |pages=44, 166–170 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Harden |first=D.B. |year=1954 |title=Scheduled Monuments in Oxfordshire |journal=[[Oxoniensia]] |volume=XIX |pages=137–145 |publisher=[[Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society|Oxford Architectural and Historical Society]] |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1954/harden.pdf |ref=harv}}
*{{cite journal |last=Harden |first=D.B. |year=1954 |title=Scheduled Monuments in Oxfordshire |journal=[[Oxoniensia]] |volume=XIX |pages=137–145 |publisher=[[Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society|Oxford Architectural and Historical Society]] |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1954/harden.pdf }}
*{{cite book |last=Kerrigan |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Kerrigan |year=1998 |title=Who Lies Where – A guide to famous graves |place=London |publisher=[[HarperCollins#Imprints|Fourth Estate]] |isbn=1-85702-258-0 |page=123 |ref=harv |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wholieswhereguid00kerr }}
*{{cite book |last=Kerrigan |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Kerrigan |year=1998 |title=Who Lies Where – A guide to famous graves |place=London |publisher=[[HarperCollins#Imprints|Fourth Estate]] |isbn=1-85702-258-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/wholieswhereguid00kerr/page/123 123] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wholieswhereguid00kerr/page/123 }}
*{{cite book |last=Sherwood |first=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1974 |title=Oxfordshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=657–658 |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |last=Sherwood |first=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1974 |title=Oxfordshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=657–658 }}
*{{cite book |author=VCH |year=2014 |chapter=VCH Oxfordshire Texts in Progress: Idbury |title=Oxfordshire |volume=XIX |series=[[Victoria County History]] |place= |publisher= |pages= |url= http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/sites/default/files/work-in-progress/idbury_intro_web.pdf |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |author=VCH |year=2014 |chapter=VCH Oxfordshire Texts in Progress: Idbury |title=Oxfordshire |volume=XIX |series=[[Victoria County History]] |url= http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/sites/default/files/work-in-progress/idbury_intro_web.pdf }}


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Idbury
St. Nicholas' parish church
Idbury is located in Oxfordshire
Idbury
Idbury
Location within Oxfordshire
Population240 (parish, including Bould and Foscot) (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP2319
Civil parish
  • Idbury
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townChipping Norton
Postcode districtOX7
Dialling code01993
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
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51°52′52″N 1°39′40″W / 51.881°N 01.661°W / 51.881; -01.661
Historic hearse displayed inside St Nicholas' parish church

Idbury is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in Oxfordshire, about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) southeast of Stow-on-the-Wold in neighbouring Gloucestershire. The parish includes the hamlets of Bould and Foscot. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 240.[1]

Archaeology

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About 1⁄3 mile (540 m) west of the village is a hillfort, Idbury Camp. It was used in the Iron Age, Roman occupation and Saxon era, and possibly earlier. The village's toponym is derived from the Old English for "Ida's burh", further attesting to the fort's continued use in the Saxon era.[2] The remains of its rampart are about 33 feet (10 m) wide, up to 16 inches (0.4 m) high and enclose an area of about 9 acres (3.6 ha). The fort is a scheduled monument.[3][4]

Parish church

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The Church of England parish church of St Nicholas was originally Norman, but little survives from this period except the ornate north doorway.[5] Early in the 14th century the bell-turret, north aisle, south porch and south doorway were added, new windows were inserted in the chancel and the chancel arch was altered.[5] The east window is Decorated Gothic.[5] The bell tower was added shortly afterwards.[5] Later a clerestory was added to the nave and other windows were added to the nave and north aisle, all of them Perpendicular Gothic.[5] The church is a Grade I listed building.[6]

The tower has three bells, two of which are medieval. The second and tenor bells were cast in about 1420 by an unknown bellfounder, and the treble was cast in 1749 by Abel Rudhall of Gloucester.[7] There is also a Sanctus bell that was cast in about 1320[7] and hangs in a bellcote on the gable end of the nave above the chancel arch. The tower also has an early turret clock of a type that is unusual for this part of England.[8] It has a wooden frame more characteristic of the Midlands.[9] Early in the 18th century the clock was modified with the addition of a new escapement of unusual design,[9] but the clock itself is considerably older. St Nicholas' parish is part of the Benefice of Shipton-under-Wychwood with Milton-under-Wychwood, Fifield and Idbury.[10]

Social history

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Idbury had a Church of England school from 1845 until 1966. The building is now a private house.[11] The engineer Sir Benjamin Baker, noted for his work on the Forth Bridge, London Victoria station and the first Aswan Dam, is buried in the churchyard.[12]

The Countryman

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J. W. Robertson Scott[13] moved to Idbury Manor in 1922 and founded The Countryman[14] magazine there in 1927.[15] In 1924 the novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner rented a cottage in Idbury from Robertson Scott.[16] In 1934 the Canadian poet Frank Prewett moved to Idbury where he briefly worked as assistant editor of The Countryman.[17] In 1949 Robertson Scott retired and the magazine moved to Burford, Oxfordshire. Apart from a short period in a London office, the magazine remained at Burford until 2003,[18] when publication moved to Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire.

Notable people

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Idbury is the home of psychologist and psychotherapist Oliver James.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ "Area: Idbury (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ VCH 2014, p. 1.
  3. ^ Harden 1954, pp. 142, 143.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Idbury Camp hillfort (1014558)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 657.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Nicholas (Grade I) (1367780)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b Davies, Peter (22 December 2011). "Idbury S Nicholas". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  8. ^ Beeson, Northcote & Simcock 1989, p. 166.
  9. ^ a b Beeson, Northcote & Simcock 1989, p. 170.
  10. ^ Archbishops' Council (2015). "Benefice of Shipton-under-Wychwood with Milton-under Wychwood, Fifield and Idbury". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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