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SHELLINGFORD
The local Corrallian limestone of the Midvale Ridge is an important building material and is still being quarried in the vicinity. Shellingford Crossroads Quarry is one of a number of sites in Oxfordshire where quarrying has left important geological exposures with fossils of corals and bivalves. St. Faith's Church, the parish church, is a complete late 12 century church which had some restoration in 1850. For the history and full information about St. Faith's Church click here. During the second world war a flying school was established at RAF Shellingford to train glider pilots. The air station slosed in 1948 and is now a sand and gravel extraction site. Shellingford is about two and a half miles south-east of Faringdon, just south of the A417. |
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