Editing Cropredy (section)

==History==
The village has [[Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxon]] origins and is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} The [[Toponymy|toponym]] comes from the [[Old English]] words ''cropp'' (a hill) and ''ridig'' (a stream).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

From 1519 onwards [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] owned extensive land in Cropredy. Manor Farm was built in 1693 and Prescote [[Manorialism|Manor]] was built in 1721.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=560}}

[[Cropredy Bridge]] on the River Cherwell was the site of a major [[Battle of Cropredy Bridge|battle]] in 1644 during the [[English Civil War]].{{sfn|Toynbee|Leeming|1938|p=123}} [[Charles I of England|King Charles]] engaged the [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] army led by Sir [[William Waller]]. The battle was a [[stalemate]]; the Parliamentarian side suffered heavy casualties but ultimately prevented the King's forces from crossing the bridge. A plaque on the bridge bears the inscription: "Site of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1644. From Civil War deliver us." Before the battle, some of the church valuables were hidden in the River Cherwell; these included the brass [[eagle lectern]], which was not recovered for 50 years, during which time it was damaged.{{sfn|Walker|1975|p=19}}