Black Bourton

Black Bourton is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) south of Carterton, Oxfordshire.

[2] Early English Gothic lancet windows in chancel, nave and north chapel date from this time.

Built into the north wall is a substantial stone monument to Eleanor Hungerford (died 1592): a recumbent effigy framed by Corinthian columns.

The chapel also includes an English Baroque cartouche to Anthony Hungerford (died 1703) on the west wall.

[4] On the north side of the nave over the arcade are paintings of the Tree of Jesse, St Christopher, the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket, the Coronation of the Virgin, the Baptism of Jesus, Saints Peter and Paul[5] and the stoning of Saint Stephen.

A Primitive Methodist congregation was established in the village in the 19th century and built its own red brick chapel in 1861.

Occasionally aircraft flying to or from RAF Brize Norton have crashed in Black Bourton parish.

297 Squadron RAF overshot the runway, clipped a tree in Black Bourton and then crashed in a field at Mill Farm.

[12] In August 2020 a memorial plaque mounted on a small cairn was installed at Mill Farm to commemorate the crew.

Commonwealth War Graves section of St Mary's parish churchyard
Elizabethan monument in St Mary's parish church for Eleanor Hungerford, who died in 1592
The Vines hotel and restaurant
The Old Inn, now a private house