Economy and Amenities
At the junction of Brook Lane and Hyde Road is the base and broken shaft of a 14th or 15th century preaching cross.
The village has a 17th century public house, the Fox Inn, controlled by Greene King Brewery.
In 1729 Richard Gilgrasse left £50 to be invested in land and for the income from the investment to fund the teaching of poor children in Denchworth parish. A sum of £53 13s 2d in British government consols was added to this after Denchworth's common lands were enclosed in 1806. A National School in Denchworth was established in 1858. The school building and schoolteacher's house were designed by the Oxford Diocesan Architect George Edmund Street and built in 1853. The interest from the consols was put towards the upkeep of the building. The former school building is now a private house.
The village used to have a post office, which was in a 17th century former farmhouse in Hyde Road. It is now a private house.
RJN Motorsport is based in Denchworth parish.
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