Blackthorn Parish Council

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Councillors

The Parish Council consists of seven Councillors.

All contact should be made through the Clerk in the first instance.

The Councillors’ Register of Members’ Interests forms are available on the Cherwell District Council website.

A guide for Councillors to the Openness and transparency on personal interests is available on the Department for Communities and Local Government website.

There was an Uncontested Parish Council Election on 4 May 2023; this was brought forward due to the  Ambrosden/Blackthorn - amendment to the parish boundary so that the Blackthorn Meadows development is entirely within Ambrosden.

Jenny Lamont

Elected Member

Chairman

Randal Rue

Elected Member

Vice Chairman

Rachel Lamont

Elected Member

Councillor

Financial Controller

Richard Burden

Co-opted Member 

Councillor

Sandie Stevenson

Elected Member

Councillor

Eric Burborough

Co-opted Member

Councillor

 

Vacancy

Tracey Charlesworth

Clerk/RFO

Contact the Clerk

Welcome to Blackthorn Parish Council website.

On this site we will publish Council meeting information, latest news, Parish Council events and village information. Whether you are a villager or visitor we hope you will find all the information you need.

About Blackthorn

Blackthorn is a small village 3 miles southeast of Bicester on the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire border. The parish is bounded by the River Ray to the south and the village lies between the A41 and B4011 main roads.

Grounded in Celtic history settled by the Romans and overrun by the Saxons, Blackthorn was then lost to history until the late 16th century. A hamlet of neighbouring parish Ambrosden, Blackthorn did not become a village in its own right until Queen Elizabeth I sold it to John Denton of Ambrosden for the princely sum of £612 3s. 9d.

Throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Blackthorn had prosperous local businesses, a chapel and school and was a thriving farming community. This sense of community spirit is still at the heart of the village today.

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