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Leafield Village

Leafield, or Field Town as it was previously called, is a village on the edge of the Cotswolds, 18 miles north-west of Oxford, in the middle of the triangle formed by the towns of Witney, Burford and Charlbury.

The Saxon barrow near the centre of the village is 650 feet above sea level; before the 1974 boundary changes it was the highest point in Oxfordshire. The village has some 330 households, with a total population of just over 800.

Leafield has pre-Domesday origins and until the 1850s was surrounded by the ancient royal forest of Wychwood. Unlike some other nearby villages Leafield has had relatively little recent building, so is largely unspoilt. The village centres on the Green, with the picturesque school, founded in 1839, in the middle. Its most well-known landmark is St Michael and All Angels' Church, designed in 1859 by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The spire is a distinctive feature on the horizon for many miles around. At nearby Langley was TWR, the home of the Arrows Formula 1 Racing team. The site is now occupied by Menard Engineering Ltd (MEL).