| Gagingwell | |
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 Remains of Medieval wayside cross (left) in front of Wadham House (right) | |
  Gagingwell Location withinOxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP408251 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chipping Norton |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Dialling code | 01608 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | EnstoneVillage.co.uk |
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Gagingwell is ahamlet inWest Oxfordshire, about 6 miles (10 km) east ofChipping Norton and about 1.8 miles (3 km) east ofEnstone. The hamlet surrounds a group ofsprings that give rise to a brook, which flows southwards almost 1 mile (1.6 km) to join theRiver Glyme just downstream of the hamlet ofRadford.
In the lateMiddle Ages a stonewayside cross[1] was built next to one of the springs. Its surviving plinth and steps are ascheduled monument and aGrade II* listed building.[2] Gagingwell's few houses are late 17th or 18th century stone buildings with roofs ofStonesfield Slate or, in one case, thatch. The hamlet has also two 18th or early 19th century stone-built barns. Gagingwell is on the main road between Enstone andBicester. The road wasturnpiked in 1793, disturnpiked in 1876[3] and is now classified as theB4030. In 1848 Gagingwell's population was reckoned to be 57 people.[4]
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