Village

Duns Tew is a village about 10 miles south of Banbury in North Oxfordshire. With nearby Great Tew and Little Tew, Duns Tew is one of the three villages known collectively as “The Tews”.

The centre of Duns Tew is designated an area of special architectural and historic interest to be preserved and enhanced.

The origins of the village name would seem to date back to Anglo-Saxon times, where a “Tiewe” described a ridge of land, or meeting point of two different types of soil. Duns Tew is situated on the North Aston fault, separating clay in the north from limestone & sand to the south.

Duns Tew can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086 – a copy of the entry can be found in the church. At this time the population of the village numbered 53. This has fluctuated over the centuries, reaching a low of 14 after the Black Death. Today, by comparison, Duns Tew has a population of just over 500.