As a small village with an electoral roll of about 150 Denchworth has no Parish Council and is administered by a Parish Meeting which I have had the dubious privilege of chairing for the past 33 years. Its entry in the Doomsday Book, however, confirms that a settlement has existed here for somewhat longer and does, in fact, predate the Normans. It lies below the Berkshire Downs in the Vale of The White Horse (of Uffington) in South Oxfordshire and is one of several similar 'Island Villages'. So called because they are sited on almost imperceptible mounds within the vale and would, in medieval times, have been surrounded by marshland, especially so during wet periods. Even today, heavy rain can flood many local fields due to the band of underlying Kimmeridge clay.

As with many such small villages the school was closed over 30 years ago and the local Post Office / shop about 20 ago. There remains, however, a Church where weekly services are held and which receives visitors from all round the world, a Village Hall, is also still in regular use although, it has to be admitted, not enough for it to be self supporting, and a pub, The Fox Inn, which is very well supported both by the local villagers for the good beer and games and by many more for the restaurant facilities. Other features in the village include a small Village Green, a medieval 'Stone' of unknown origin (now) on the Village Green, and the Village Pump, still in its original site.

Despite the village's small size there is an active History Group which meets monthly and whose members are researching both the medieval and more recent the origins of the village.

The map of the village shows where each feature is located.