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Bix is a village in the civil parish of Bix and Assendon in South Oxfordshire, about northwest of Henley-on-Thames. The village is about above sea level in the Chiltern Hills. ==History== The remains of a Roman farmhouse were found during an excavation of the Common in 1955, as well as later Saxon remains. These were not considered to be worth retaining in an exposed condition and so the area was re-covered. There were originally two villages: Bix Brand and Bix Gibwyn.〔(South Oxfordshire Archaeology Group: The Search for the Site of the Lost Church of Bix Gibwyn )〕 The toponym has at various times been ''Byxe'' and ''Bixa''. The Domesday Book of 1086 records ''Bixa'' as part of the Hundred of Binfield. Bix Brand's original parish church of Saint James is a small Norman building in Bix Bottom, about north of the village. It has a nave, chancel and several Norman lancet windows. Later additions include the Perpendicular Gothic east window and another Perpendicular window in the south wall. In 1874 the architect John Gibson completed the village's new Church of England parish church, closer to the centre of the village, also dedicated to Saint James. The new church has a north aisle and transept as well as a nave and chancel. Two of the north aisle windows contain sections of late 15th century Flemish stained glass.The old church was abandoned in 1875 and became ruined and overgrown. 〔(Oxfordshire Churches website: Bix )〕 Scenes from the 1971 Tigon British Film Productions film ''The Blood on Satan's Claw'' were filmed there.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Filming Locations for The Blood on Satan's Claw )〕 Funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2015 has stabilised and preserved the ruin. Bix Manor has a 17th-century barn. The main road between Henley and Wallingford passes through the parish. It was made into a turnpike in 1736 and ceased to be a turnpike in 1873.〔(Turnpike Roads in England )〕 The hill between Fair Mile, on the edge of Henley, and Bix was made a dual carriageway in 1937, one of the earliest dual carriageways in the country.〔''The Times'' 16 September 1937, cited in ''Victoria County History'': (Oxfordshire: Bix. Text in progress. )〕 It is now the A4130 road. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bix, Oxfordshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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