Wheatfield, Oxfordshire

Wheatfield is a small settlement and was previously a village in the civil parish of Stoke Talmage in the English county of Oxfordshire.

All that remains today is the crenellated St Andrew's Church and the old stables. Wheatfield Park was the home of the Tipping family from the 16th century. 'Eternity Tipping' was a member of this family and the main line eventually became baronets. They have several memorials in the church. The Rudge family bought the land in 1727, rebuilt the house and updated the church. the manor was later held by the Spencer family. A fire destroyed the manor house in 1814 leaving only the stables. These have since been converted into modern dwellings. The church is still in use, but only in the summer since it has no electricity. the present Wheatfield House was the old rectory.

The estate saw a number of pioneering migrants in 1849 going to the Port Phillip Colony near Melbourne before the 1850s gold rush, such as the Treadwell girls, Henry Burchill and James, William and Ann Burrows who were assigned to Captain John Hepburn at Smeaton, Victoria, Australia.

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* [http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Oxford/Wheatfield/Wheatfield.html West Galley Churches]