Middleton Stoney
| Middleton Stoney | |
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 All Saints' parish church |
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| Middleton Stoney shown within Oxfordshire | |
| Area | 7.50 km2 (2.90 sq mi) |
| Population | 331 (2011 Census) |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SP5323 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bicester |
| Postcode district | OX25 |
| Dialling code | 01869 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Middleton Stoney Village Website |
Middleton Stoney is a village and civil parish about 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) west of Bicester, Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 331.
Aves ditch is pre-Saxon and may have been dug as a boundary ditch. It still forms the western boundary of the parish.
Middleton Stoney existed by the time of King Edward the Confessor, when one Turi held the manor.
The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church of All Saints are Norman, dating from the middle of the 12th century. The bell tower has a ring of six bells, all cast in 1717 by Henry III Bagley of Chacombe. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry recast the tenor and treble bells in 1883 and the fifth bell in 1885.
All Saints' is now a member of the Church of England Benefice of Akeman, which includes the parishes of Bletchingdon, Chesterton, Hampton Gay, Kirtlington, Wendlebury and Weston-on-the-Green.
Middleton Stoney had a motte-and-bailey castle, which was first recorded in 1215. Its remains are east of All Saints Church.
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