Here you will find information about the history of the village of Oxton.
There is also a separate page to record your own memories of Oxton.
Oxton Archaeology about the Iron Age camp and tumuli at the top of Windmill Hill
The Great Domesday Book detailing the village around AD1085. You can read about the context and production of the Domesday Book at the National Archive or on Wikipedia
“Oxton Now and Then“ – Memories for the Millennium compiled by Margaret Cooper in 2000, featuring interviews with Oxton residents
“I Lived in a Village: Stories of life and folk in Nottinghamshire in general, and Oxton in particular” by Tom Shipside, an undated book published around 1950, and covering the period AD1000-1950
Oxton History on external sites
Other interesting material about historic Oxton is to be found at the following external websites:
- The relevant pages of “Thoroton’s History of Nottinghamshire: volume 3: Republished with large additions by John Throsby” in 1796 are available on the British History site.
- Several photos of Oxton Church have been assembled by Peter Woodward on his Broxtowe Hundred site.
- A very detailed history of Oxton church of St Peter and St Paul is published as part of the Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project. This includes transcriptions of monuments and memorials (and also of the war memorials), plans of the church, a history of the bells and of the organ, as well as of the numerous Features and Fittings of historical interest.
- An article about Oxton and its church as reprinted from the Mansfield Reporter in August 1912 is featured here on the NottsHistory site
- “The Summer Excursion, 1908: Oldox or Hodox camp, Oxton, Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 12 (1908)” be read on the NottsHistory site here
- “The Summer Excursion, 1908: Oxton and its church, Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 12 (1908)” can be read on the NottsHistory site here.
- An article about Oxton Hall on the NottsHistory site taken from “The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families” by L Jacks, (1881)
- 5 aerial photographs of Oxton from the South in 1934 (pre by-pass times) on the BritainFromAbove.org.uk site, as follows:
- Oxton, from the south, 1934. The village and surrounding countryside
- Epperstone Road, Ye Olde Bridge Inn and environs, Oxton, 1934
- Oxton, from the south-west, 1934. The village and surrounding countryside – 1
- Oxton, from the south-west, 1934. The village and surrounding countryside – 2
- Ye Olde Bridge Inn, Oxton, 1934
My Oxton 
Hi
We moved into the Police House, Nottingham Road, Oxton last summer and I am interested in any memories or information any residents may have of the property.
Thanks
Kirsty Leinster
Hi John saywell owned the old police house and built the front extent ion and fourth bedroom he was a joinery teacher at the old lowdham grange borstal he also ran the jam school of motoring this would be in 80/s John passed a way about two yes ago big Clive from Elmcroft help build exts and worked at tv nix next door Ben was the last policeman to live and work from there in 80/s tom Rolf retired there and moved to Elmcroft his wife still lives there Malcolm Jarvis sandy lane Oxton.
Thanks Malcolm
Am thoroughly enjoying My Oxton although I never actually lived in the village being Calverton bred and born. I spent many happy hours around my Grand-dads farm on Water Lane – Cherry Tree Farm better known in these days as Reavill’s Farm dating back from the early 1930’s through to the time when he was unable to farm anymore. Does anyone have any idea where I can get a copy of Tommy Shipsides book I Lived in a Village? My copy was lost or more accurately stolen in the late 1960’s when I moved from Calverton. Am now living close to my ancestors home in Gainsborough, Lincs but come back to Oxton frequently. Barbara.
Barbara, hello. I am David Kierans husband of Angela. Angela is of the Reavill clan and I am wondering who lived at Cherry tree Farm?…. as you called it Reavill’s Farm ???? Hope you are still catching up on this blog. Best regards, David
Hello, my name is David John Little, I am 72 years of age. My mother (now deceased) was Lillian Little but her maiden name was HOPKIN and her father was John (known as Jack) one of the sons of John Hopkin who was the landlord of the Green Dragon Pub in Oxton and hence my great-grandfather. Now the older John Hopkin had other sons one of whom was Levi Hopkin and Levi Hopkin Married Frances Mary Shipside, the daughter of Tom Shipside who became the founder of S|hipside’s Morris distributorship. Levi and Frances had a daughter, Kathleen Mary Hopkin who subsequently married John Crow. Since Kathleen Mary Hopkin is the daughter of my mother’s father’s brother, my mother and Kathleen are first cousins (not sure what that makes me!!) I can remember being taken by my mother to ‘Blue Haze’ on a number of occasions, also to ‘Fountain Dale’ and I believe I was taken for a flight in Bill Shipside’s aeroplane. I lived for a while on Honeyknab Lane and so I have tenuous connections with the place and some of the people who lived and live there. I am trying to find out more about the Hopkins and their connections with Oxton.
My name is Adele Rolf, nee Willoughby. My great-great grandparents Richard and Sarah Hitchcock (nee Willoughby) lived in Oxton and to my great delight I found their gravestone in the church graveyard on a visit last year. My great grandparents John and Sarah Hitchcock (nee Berridge) were married in the church and all their children were born in Oxton. I just wondered if there is anyone still in the Oxton area with the name Hitchcock/Willoughby/Berridge? Many thanks.