Sutton Wick, Oxfordshire
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OS grid reference | SU480945 |
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Civil parish | Drayton |
District | Vale of White Horse |
Shire county | Oxfordshire |
Region | South East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Abingdon |
Postcode district | OX14 |
Dialling code | 01235 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Oxfordshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
EU Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Wantage |
Website | Drayton near Abingdon |
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Coordinates: 51°38′50″N 1°18′28″W / 51.6473°N 1.3077°W
Sutton Wick is a hamlet contiguous with the village of Drayton in Oxfordshire, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Air crash
Main article: Sutton Wick air crash
A Blackburn Beverley C.Mk 1 heavy transport aircraft on a flight from RAF Abingdon crashed at Sutton Wick on 5 March 1957. All but four of the 22 people aboard were killed in the accident, and two people were killed on the ground.[1]
References
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 6 January 2010.
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