Enstone

51.916666666667 - 1.45Koordinaten: 51 ° 55 ' N, 1 ° 27 ' W

Enstone is a village in England and one of the largest "civil parishes " (municipalities) in Oxfordshire. Enstone has 1,103 inhabitants (2001) and is located about 20 kilometers northwest of the city of Oxford. Enstone is divided into Church Enstone and Neat Enstone. The villages Lidstone, Fulwell, Cleveley, Gagingwell, Radford, Broadstone Hill Chalford and also belong to Enstone.

History

Enstone was originally performed as Henestan in the Domesday Book of 1086 and as Enestan or Ennestan in records at Winchcombe Abbey from 1185. While there are different views on the origin of the word Enstone, it is assumed that it is Anglo-Saxon origin. The faith of the general public is that the word Enna 's stone is called - " a stone from a man named Enna ", although it is also the view that the words "ent and Stan" - literally mean huge stone. These stones are located on the corner of Charlbury Fulwell road, where you can see trees between the three standing stones. The tallest stone is almost three meters high. There are other stones in Lidstone, Broadstone Hill and Rollright.

Economy

The " Whiteways Technical Centre " was built in Enstone 1992. It covers 90% of the construction of the Formula 1 cars, but also with the coordination of the race team. Employees are there about 350 people.

Traffic

The A44 (Oxford - Stratford ) runs as one of the main roads directly by Neat Enstone.