Frilford

Frilford
OS grid reference	SU4397
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central

Frilford is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England (formerly in Berkshire). It lies 3 miles west of Abingdon, at the junction of the A415 and A338 roads.

There is no church in Frilford, and the village is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Marcham.

Abingdon Preparatory School - a preparatory school - is situated in Frilford.

Archaeology

The parish of Frilford contains two significant archaeological sites: a Roman villa and a cemetery which appears to have been used for both Roman and Saxon style burials. A further complex of remains, including a Roman shrine and amphitheatre, is often referred to as being in Frilford but lies to the south of the village, just inside the boundary of the parish of Marcham. This latter site is commonly called the 'Noah's Ark' site, after an adjacent inn.

The Noah's Ark site is under investigation by archaeologists from Oxford University in 2008.

References

• Akerman, 1865. Report on excavations in an ancient cemetery at Frilford. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 3, 136-41
• Bradford, J.S.P. and Goodchild, R.G. 1939. Excavations at Frilford, Berks, 1937-8. Oxoniensia, 4, 1-80
• Haverfield, F. 1897. A Roman villa at Frilford. Archaeological Journal, 54, 340-54
• Hingley, R. 1985. Location, Function and Status: a Romano-British ‘religious complex’ at the Noah’s Ark Inn, Frilford (Oxfordshire). Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 4 (2), 201-14.
• Rolleston, G. 1869. Researches and excavations at an ancient cemetery at Frilford.Archaeologia, 42, 417-85
• Rolleston, G. 1880. Further researches in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Frilford. Archaeologia, 45, 405-10

External links

• Victoria County History of Berkshire: Marcham
• Royal Berkshire History website
• Oxford University School of Archaeology website