Bletchingdon
Sign in to saveBletchingdon (also known as Bletchington) is a village and civil parish north of Kidlington and southwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Bletchingdon parish includes the hamlet of Enslow just over west of the village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 910.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cherwell
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 617
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bletchingdon StGiles south.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Giles' parish church
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP5017
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Bletchingdon
- UK place.local_name
- Bletch
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 10.75
- UK place.population
- 910
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bletchingdon
- UK place.shire_district
- Cherwell
- UK place.shire_county
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cherwell
- Population
- +872
- Area
- +10.75
- Shares border with
- Weston-on-the-Green
- Official website
- www.bletchingdon-pc.org.uk
- Image
- Bletchingdon StGiles south.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Toponym
- Manor and estates
- Bletchingdon Park
- Parish church
- Economic and social history
- Amenities
- Public transport
- References
- Sources and further reading
- External links
Bletchingdon (also known as Bletchington) is a village and civil parish north of Kidlington and southwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Bletchingdon parish includes the hamlet of Enslow just over west of the village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 910.
==Toponym== The earliest known document to mention Bletchingdon is in the Domesday Book of 1086, which records it as Blecesdone. A charter written about 1130 records it as Blechesdune. The Feet of fines records it as Blechesdon in 1197. A document called the Placitorum abbreviato records it as Blechindon in 1279. It is derived from the Old English Blecces dūn meaning "Blecca's hill".