Leafield

Leafield is a hill-top village midway between the valleys of the Rivers Windrush and Evenlode, about 4 miles north-west of Witney. Much of the village is spread around a large village green at the western end of the village, but the village also straggles on along Lower End to the east.

Until the mid-19th century Leafield was surrounded by the Wychwood Forest. A small area of forest still exists at nearby Cornbury Park, but otherwise the village is surrounded by a patchwork of fields.

The village church is the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, built in the mid-19th century. Near the church is a medieval preaching cross which was renovated in 1873 when a new shaft and top were added as a thanksgiving for the village escaping a smallpox epidemic.