Ducklington
Sign in to saveDucklington is a village and civil parish on the River Windrush south of Witney in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,581.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Oxfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,608
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ducklington
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ducklington village.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Ducklington pond, parish churchand former school
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP3507
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ducklington
- UK place.shire_district
- West Oxfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Oxfordshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.population
- 1581
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Oxfordshire
- Population
- +1581
- Shares border with
- South Leigh
- Official website
- www.ducklingtonparishcouncil.org.uk
- Image
- Ducklington village.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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Ducklington is a village and civil parish on the River Windrush south of Witney in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,581.
==History== Ducklington is one of the earliest Saxon parishes to be recorded in Oxfordshire. In a charter of 958 King Edgar the Peaceful granted at Duclingtun to his Minister, Eanulf. An Anglo-Saxon charter from 1036 also records the toponym as Duclingtun, and another Anglo-Saxon document from 1044 records it as Ducelingdun. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Dochelintone and a charter from 1130 records it as Dukelindona. The name is derived from Old English. The first element may be from the name of a person called Ducca or Ducel. The element "-ing" most commonly means "people of". The element "-tūn" means an enclosure, homestead or village. The fact that the village has a duck pond with a population of ducks is purely incidental. After the Norman Conquest Ducklington was held by Robert D'Oyly, a Norman nobleman who took part in William I's conquest of England. The Dyve family then held the Lordship of Ducklington throughout the 13th and 14th centuries, living there until early in the reign of Edward III.