Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire One Place Study

Location: Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies Oxfordshire England

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Contents 1 Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire One Place Study 1.1 Name 1.2 Geography 1.3 History 1.4 Population 2 Sources

Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire One Place Study

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Name

Geography

Bletchington Village Green

Continent: Europe

Sovereign State: United Kingdom

Country: England

County: Oxfordshire

GPS Coordinates: 51.855, -1.272

Elevation: 102.8 m or 337.3 feet

History

Bletchingdon is a village in Oxfordshire, north of Kidlington and south of Bicester. The Parish also includes the hamlet of Enslow. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Blecesdone, it did not receive the name Bletchington until the 19th century when the railway station at Enslow received the name. In 1086 the manor was held by Robert D’Oyly and his tenant was Gilbert. As an ancestor of Roger d”Amory, Gilbert and descendants was the Lord until he died in prison in 1322. Godstow Abbey was bestowed 50 acres in 1139 and held it until the Dissolution on the Monasteries in 1539. Osney Abbey had been granted land by Ralph d’Amory in 1187 and by 1291 thanks to other benefactors, it was assessed as part of the Hampton Gay estate. By the 14th century, Roger d’Amory and his wife Elizabeth de Clare were the main inhabitants of the manor house. It was claimed that Oliver Cromwell had used it as his headquarters during the English Civil War but not substantiated. The main church in the parish is Saint Giles. The names associated with the building of the church include Charles Buckeridge, Robert and William Cor. St. Giles’ parish now includes the parishes of Chesterton Hampton Gay, Kirlington, Middleton Stoney, Wendlebury and Weston-on-the Green.

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