Culham is a village on the north bank of the River Thames near Abingdon in southern Oxfordshire, England. The Thames (pronounced []) is a river flowing through southern England, in its lower reaches flowing through London into the sea. ... Statistics Population: 36,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU497973 Administration Parish: Abingdon District: Vale of White Horse Shire county: Oxfordshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Oxfordshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

History

Surviving records from Culham Manor of the late 1500s to the early 1600s, now in the Bodleian Library, show a William Carpenter senior and his son William Carpenter junior, who emigrated to Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1638 and helped found Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1645. Among the descendants of the Rehoboth Carpenter Family are two US presidents and other notables of American history. Rehoboth is a town located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. ... Rehoboth Carpenter Family was a historic American family from 1638. ...

Notable buildings and structures

The parish church of Saint Paul is largely Victorian, in a 13th century style. The old bridge over the Thames was built in 1416-1422 by the Abingdon Guild of the Holy Trinity. Paul of Tarsus (b. ... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic. ... Events January 10 - Battle of Nemecky Brod during the Hussite Wars. ...

Institutions

Near the village is the site of RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill), a World War II airfield used by the Fleet Air Arm. The airfield now houses the Culham Science Centre, an 800,000 square metre scientific research site and home to two nuclear fusion experiments JET and MAST. The START Nuclear Fusion Experiment was also conducted on the site until MAST succeeded it in 1999. Just outside the village is the European School, Culham. RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill) is the name of a Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) near Culham, Oxfordshire. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The Fleet Air Arm is the operational group of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. ... Split image of JET with right side showing hot plasma during a shot. ... The Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak, or MAST experiment is a nuclear fusion experiment in operation at Culham since December 1999. ... The Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak, or START was a nuclear fusion experiment that used magnetic confinement to hold plasma. ... The Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak, or MAST experiment is a nuclear fusion experiment in operation at Culham since December 1999. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The European School in Culham, Oxfordshire, is one of 13 European Schools around Europe and the only one in Britain and currently has around 900 Nursery/Primary (4-11 years old) and secondary (11-18 years old) students. ...

Culham Institute is an offshoot of the former Culham teacher training college (Culham College). It is a small charitable research organisation associated with the Church of England and housed in the Educational Studies Department of Oxford University. Culham railway station is one of the few surviving station buildings designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line and has recently been restored by Network Rail. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Culham railway station Serves the town of Culham in Oxfordshire Train times and station information for Culham railway station from National Rail Street map and aerial photo of Culham railway station from Multimap. ... Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern. ... The Cherwell Valley Line is the railway line from Didcot to Banbury via Oxford. ... Network Rails logo Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ...

References

• Lobel, Mary. (1962). A History of the County of Oxfordshire, Victoria County History, vol. 7.

See also

• Crossings of the River Thames
• Locks on the River Thames
• START
• MAST
• JET

This is a list of crossings of the River Thames, downstream first, including bridges, tunnels and ferries. ... There are 45 Locks on the River Thames. ... The Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak, or START was a nuclear fusion experiment that used magnetic confinement to hold plasma. ... The Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak, or MAST experiment is a nuclear fusion experiment in operation at Culham since December 1999. ... Split image of JET with right side showing hot plasma during a shot. ...

External links

• Culham Science Centre
• Culham Institute
• European School Culham
• JET website
• Fusion Research at Culham
• START Fusion
• MAST Fusion
• European School Culham by 2005 Baccalaureate Students
• Culham Village website