Dean Court is a suburb

Suburb

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 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the centre of Oxford

Oxford

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, England

England

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. Dean Court was part of Berkshire

Berkshire

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 until the 1974 local government boundary changes

Local Government Act 1972

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 transferred it to Oxfordshire.

History

Dean Court was first mentioned in the 14th century under the name of "La Dene", and in 1538 there was a reference to "the rectory of Dencourt". However there is no later record of the church which was evidently in the hamlet during the Middle Ages.

Until after the Second World War

World War II

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 Dean Court was a small hamlet on the road from Oxford to Eynsham

Eynsham

Eynsham is a village and civil parish about east of Witney in Oxfordshire, England.-History:Eynsham grew up near the historically important ford of Swinford on the River Thames flood plain...

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Development of the area started in the early 1950s with a housing estate called Pinnocks Way. In 1969 Deanfield Road, Broad Close and Owlington Close were built south of Eynsham Road by Wimpey Homes. The Orchard Road estate (originally marketed as "The Hawthornes") was built by
Broseley Estates Limited

Broseley Estates Limited

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 and Costain

Costain Group

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 in 1983 and later in 1985 houses were added by Thameway and Macleans. The Fogwell Road estate was built in 1985.

Dean Court is part of the parish of Cumnor

Cumnor

Cumnor is a village and civil parish west of the centre of Oxford, England. The parish of Cumnor includes Cumnor Hill, , Chawley , the Dean Court area on the edge of Botley and the outlying settlements of Chilswell, Farmoor and Swinford...

, and until the 20th century parishioners worshipped 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away at the Church of England parish church

Church of England parish church

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 of Saint Michael

Michael (archangel)

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, Cumnor. There is now the church of Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew

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, Dean Court that was built as a chapel of ease

Chapel of ease

A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently....

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