Please note that with effect from 31st December 2023 this website will be closed.  The committee feels that with the advent of the Parish Council website, yarnton-pc-org.uk, and the Yarnton facebook page, www.facebook.com/Yarnton Village Community Group, there is no requirement for the website to continue.

The majority of the information on this site is available on the Parish Council website and the facebook page can be kept much more up-to-date and relevant to village residents.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please read this note in conjunction with the map below relating to a copy of the Footpath Application. The old footpaths marked A-B, B-F and F-H now form part of the Definitive Map and can be walked freely.

In January 2016 notices warning villagers that they were trespassing started appearing alongside the footpaths surrounding Yarnton Manor. This followed the arrival of new owners of the Manor and was carried out without any consultation with the Parish Council.

There were strong feelings amongst the villagers, many of whom had been walking these footpaths for at least 50 years. Meetings were arranged at the Red Lion and the Village Hall and a committee was formed to try and speak to the owners of the Manor. Eventually they agreed to meet us all, but they were not able to offer any moderation and told us that further fences would be erected around their land

After consultation with Oxfordshire County Council we were told that if the footpaths had been used for a period of more than 20 years we could apply for the footpaths to be added to the ‘Definitive Map’ but we would need written evidence from individuals in order to present a case. Over 130 villagers completed the evidence forms and the application was completed. The Council advised us that there was a substantial waiting list which at the time was 3 years – then along came Covid. However eventually after 6 years our case got to the top of the list

This was about the time when the Manor was sold and the lady from Oxfordshire County Council told me that the new owners would not be objecting to the application - nor indeed would the owners of the field covering the section A-B on the map. A big thank you to both land owners.

We had a problem in that with the extension of the Graveyard. It was impossible to prove that the section (C to D) on the attached map had been walked for the required 20 years. However, we understand that the new owners of the Manor will consider arranging for this path to be added to the plan in due course. The fence bars at points B, F and G will soon be removed to enable easy access to the footpaths  

Please can we ask everyone using the paths not to leave any litter and for dog owners to ensure they clean up after their animals and use the bins provided around the village.

Thank you and let us all enjoy the additional Countryside around Yarnton that these footpaths provide.

Richard Jurd, Secretary, Yarnton Walkers Group

Permission has been given for a road closure of The Garth on the 7th May from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.  This will enable its residents young, old and those in between to hold a street party safely, 

We have received the following message via the website and wonder if anyone knows of any records or other information.

I see on the 1921 census my grandfather Henry Bustin, his wife Annie Frances, and son Henry,  were all living at Ivy Lodge, Sandy Lane, and that son Henry worked for farmer Hastings; that was the maiden name of Henry senior’s mother.

I wonder if there are any records of the Bustins and Ivy Lodge and the village.
My father used to visit them as a young boy and told me they were both gardeners.
I do remember my  grandfather as they went on to live in Deddington. Their daughter, my grandma Annie Wellesley, owned Glympton Post Office where I was born. Any information would be so good.
June Wellesley