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Carfax Conduit is a sixteenth-century water supply structure located in the parish of Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire. Built during the reign of Elizabeth I, it originally served to distribute water from a spring source to the town of Oxford, functioning as part of an early modern infrastructure project to improve the water supply of the city. The conduit is constructed of ashlar stone and represents a type of public utility building characteristic of Tudor-period urban improvements. Though substantially altered and relocated from its original position in Oxford's Carfax area, it remains an important example of Renaissance hydraulic engineering and civic provision in sixteenth-century England.
Carfax Conduit, 540m south west of Nuneham House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020965. View the official record →
Carfax Conduit is a sixteenth-century water supply structure located in the parish of Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020965.
Carfax Conduit, 540m south west of Nuneham House is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020965.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo-Saxon great hall complex and Roman settlement features at Long Wittenham (4.1 km), Settlement site SE of church (4.2 km), Roman town (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Carfax Conduit, 540m south west of Nuneham House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Carfax Conduit, 540m south west of Nuneham House stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.