Horspath is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire about 3+1⁄2 miles east of the centre of Oxford, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 1,378. The parish's western boundary largely follows the course of a Roman road that linked Dorchester on Thames and Alchester Roman Town. In the Romano-British period there were pott…Horspath is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire about 3+1⁄2 miles east of the centre of Oxford, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 1,378. The parish's western boundary largely follows the course of a Roman road that linked Dorchester on Thames and Alchester Roman Town. In the Romano-British period there were pottery kilns producing Oxfordshire red/brown-slipware at Horspath Open Brasenose. Production of red slipware had begun by about 240 and continued until the end of 4th century. Production at the Horspath kiln was from the mid-3rd century until the 4th century. A wide range of red-slipped tables wares, often decorated with rouletting, stamps or white slip, was produced in the Oxfordshire potteries and widely distributed across Britain during the 3rd and 4th centuries. A Romano-British pottery mould has been found at Horspath and Roman pottery has been found on the allotments and on the common to the north of the village.
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