51º48N 1º22W, pop (2000e) 5000. Town in Oxfordshire, SC England, UK; 10 km/6 mi NW of Oxford; Ælfric was first abbot of the 11th-c abbey that was later dissolved by Henry VIII (1538); abbey stone is preserved in many local buildings.
Eynsham is a large village in Oxfordshire, England with a population of 5,000, lying six miles between Witney and Oxford.
Eynsham was an important coaching stop on the London to Fishguard trunk road, although since 1936 the A40 has bypassed the village just to the north.
Eynsham is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Egonesham where it is described as one of four towns captured by the Anglo-Saxons from the Britons in AD 571.
In 1005 Aethelmar, kinsman of Aethelred II founded a Benedictine Abbey.
Local industries include gravel extraction and the large magnet factory established by Oxford Instruments, pioneer of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, which is now operated by Siemens AG.
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Swinford Bridge |
The River Thames near Eynsham |
Map of the town |
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