I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:
Compton Beauchamp is a hamlet 3 miles southeast of Shrivenham in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish's population as 50, down from the 138 recorded in 1851.
The village is at the foot of the Berkshire Downs. Nearby is the Iron Age hill fort of Hardwell Castle which I’ve posted as a separate location on Drone Scene
The manor was held by the Beauchamp family in the 13th century. The moated Compton Beauchamp House was the home of the King's Councillor, Sir Thomas Fettiplace, from about 1507. Over the next 100 years or so, the old house deteriorated and it was pulled down and replaced with the present house in about 1600.
Early in the 18th century a Palladian facade was attached to the eastern entrance front of this small Tudor manor house. The house was rented later in the 19th century by the jurist James Bacon and in 1940 by the Singer Manufacturing Company heiress Daisy Fellowes.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Swithun is 13th century and is built of chalk – this can be seen in the bottom left hand corner of my photo of the house
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 25/07/2025. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.
