Chacombe is a village and civil parish in South West Northamptonshire but with an Oxfordshire post code! It lies 3 miles from Banbury just past junction 11 on the M40 making it ideally located for Birmingham and London. The village is bounded to the west by the River Cherwell, to the north by a tributary, and to the south by the Banbury to Syresham road.
Chacombe is a friendly village with a primary school, a pre-school, a pub, the George and Dragon and a village hall available for hire.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is near to the pub and the Methodist Chapel is in the centre of the village. There are many clubs and groups active within the village giving a real sense of community.
Chacombe was once an important centre for the cloth industry. In the 18th century, there were several mills in the village that processed wool from the surrounding area. The wool trade declined in the 19th century, but Chacombe remained a thriving agricultural village.
In 1086 the Domesday Book recorded the village name as Cewecumbe. In most later Medieval documents it is recorded as Chaucumba. The name is thought to be from Old English: a compound of a personal name Ceawa and the word cumb, meaning "valley". Thus the name meant "Ceawa's valley"
