Childrey Village Website
A beautiful village nestled in the Downs ...
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It is probable that there have been settlements in the parish of Childrey for 3,000 years, but the first evidence of occupation near the village is in Roman times. This was followed by a Saxon settlement and the name Childrey has Saxon origins.
A potted history of events in the village and how they relate to the wider events in the country as a whole are listed in the table below. You can find a full history of the village in the book, Childrey: a village in the Vale of White Horse, written by June Maxwell Drummond in 1989 and updated in 2003 by a group of villagers. (see Village Book). There are some excellent pictures of the Villages taken around a hundred years ago on the English Heritage Web Site. Click here There is also an excellent history source here
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