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Bletchingdon

Bletchingdon
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Bletchingdon St Giles south.JPG
St Giles' parish church
Bletchingdon is located in Oxfordshire
Bletchingdon
Bletchingdon
Bletchingdon shown within Oxfordshire
Area 10.75 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population 910 (2011 Census)
• Density 85/km2 (220/sq mi)
OS grid reference SP5017
Civil parish
  • Bletchingdon
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Kidlington
Postcode district OX5
Dialling code 01869
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Bletchingdon Parish
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°51′18″N 1°16′19″W / 51.855°N 1.272°W / 51.855; -1.272Coordinates: 51°51′18″N 1°16′19″W / 51.855°N 1.272°W / 51.855; -1.272

Bletchingdon (also known as Bletchington) is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) north of Kidlington and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 910.

The Domesday Book records that in 1086 Robert D'Oyly held a manor of eight hides at Bletchingdon and his tenant was one Gilbert. Gilbert was an ancestor of Roger d'Amory, who was Lord of the Manor of Bletchingdon until he died in prison in 1322.

In about 1139 Robert d'Amory gave 50 acres (20 ha) at Bletchingdon to Godstow Abbey, and Walter Pery gave the abbey one yardland and 10 acres (4 ha) at Bletchingdon. Godstow retained this estate until it surrendered all its property to the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.

Before 1151 Ralph Fitzniel and his mother Agnes gave half a hide at Bletchingdon to the Knights Templar preceptory at Cowley. The preceptory later moved to Sandford-on-Thames. In the reign of Edward II the Templars were suppressed and in 1513 the Knights Hospitaller held the same half hide at Bletchingdon.

By 1187 Ralph d'Amory had granted two virgates at Bletchingdon to Osney Abbey. In the 13th century other benefactors gave lands at Bletchingdon to the abbey, and in 1291 they were assessed as part of its Hampton Gay estate.


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