Ancient Floaters Traditional Cache
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You will need wellies for this as the track is wet and muddy most of the year.
The cache is just outside this small quaint village.
Mixbury is one of the smaller villages in the Benefice. Most of the houses were built in the 1880's to house people working on the expansion of the railways, several of which passed near to the village (now disused). This is why the older cottages on Main Street are all very uniform in their design. To the west of the village, close to Hanwell farm, it is still possible to make out where the original village of Mixbury stood.
The name Mixbury means " fortification near dung heap" and just to the north of the church is the site of Beaumont Castle, but where the dung heap was is unknown! Sadly the actual castle itself is no longer standing, but the dry moat is visible from Church Lane. In the 13th Century knights from Beaumont would meet knights from Brackley for jousting tournaments in a field down by the River Ouse at the end of Mill Lane. The field is still known as the 'Jousting Ground' today.
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