Chadlington
Coordinates: 51°53′53″N 1°31′26″W / 51.898°N 1.524°W
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 St. Nicholas' parish church |
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 Chadlington
Chadlington shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 828 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP3321 |
| Civil parish | Chadlington |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chipping Norton |
| Postcode district | OX7 |
| Dialling code | 01608 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
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Chadlington is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode Valley about 3 miles (5 km) south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The village has five neighbourhoods: Brookend, Eastend, Greenend, Millend and Westend.
Archaeology
There is a bowl barrow about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the village. Bowl barrows range from late Neolithic to late Bronze Age, i.e. 2400 to 1500 BC. The barrow is a scheduled monument.[2]
Knollbury is a hill-fort 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village. It is a scheduled monument.[3]
Manors
Chadlington village existed by the time of Domesday Book in 1086 and may be named after Saint Chad.[4] The present Chadlington Manor House was built in the 17th century[5] and remodelled in about 1800.[6] It is a Grade II* listed building.[6]
Lower Court farmhouse was built in about 1700 as the manor house for Westend.[7] It was altered in the mid- to late-18th century and remodelled in the 19th.[7] The house has a Stonesfield Slate roof.[7] It is a Grade II* listed building.[7]
Churches and chapel
Church of England
The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was originally Norman,[8] and the blocked head of a Norman window above the north arcade show that the building had a clerestory in Norman times.[8] In the 13th century Early English Gothic north and south aisles were added, with four-bay arcades linking the aisles with the nave.[9] Both aisles still retain some lancet windows from this period.[5]
The bell tower was built early in the 14th century in the Decorated Gothic style.[5] A chapel was added at the east end of the north aisle. The chapel's east and north windows in the Transitional style between Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic date it to of the chancel about the middle of the 14th century.[5] Later pure Perpendicular Gothic additions include the windows and north door in the north aisle, the present clerestory and nave roof and the chancel arch.[5] In 1870 the Gothic Revival architect Charles Buckeridge completely rebuilt the chancel.[5] St. Nicholas' church is a Grade II* listed building.[10]
The tower has a ring of six bells. Abraham I Rudhall of Gloucester[11] cast the two oldest in 1714.[12]William Taylor of Loughborough cast two more including the tenor in 1846[12] at the bellfoundry he then had in Oxford.[11] Thomas Bond of Burford[11] cast another of the bells in 1911.[12]Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the present tenor bell in 2006.[12] There is also a Sanctus bell that Thomas Bond cast in 1911.[12]
In 2001 the Church of England Benefice of Ascott-under-Wychwood, Chadlington and Spelsbury merged with that of Enstone and Heythrop to form the Chase Benefice.[13]
The Parsonage was designed by William Wilkinson and built in 1863.[5] It is now Chadlington House.[5]
Baptist
Chadlington Baptist chapel was built in 1840.[5] It is now a private house.
Methodist
Chadlington has a Methodist church. It is a member of Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold Methodist Circuit.[14]
Social and economic history
Chadlington used to have two public houses. The Tite Inn ceased trading in 2009[citation needed] and the Sandys Arms on Bull Hill closed some years earlier.[15] The Tite Inn has since been acquired by new owners and was re-opened in the summer of 2012.
Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810–95), and his brother Canon George Rawlinson (1812–1902) were born at Chadlington.[citation needed] Ivan Cameron, son of Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister David Cameron is buried at Chadlington.[16]
Amenities
Chadlington Football Club plays in the Witney and District League. They currently run two teams in Division One and Four. Chadlington Cricket Club plays in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association League.[17] Both clubs are based at Chadlington Sports and Social Club.[18] Chadlington also has a primary school and a playgroup.[19]
An annual fun run is held along Coldron Brook: The Great Brook Run. Proceeds of the race, which starts and ends at The Tite Inn, go to the parish primary school. Witney MP David Cameron has taken part in the event.[20]
References
- ^ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Knollbury camp hillfort". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ Corbett 1962, p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 525.
- ^ a b "Manor House and Attached Walls and Outbuildings". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Lower Court Farmhouse". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ a b Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 524.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 524–525.
- ^ "Church of St Nicholas, Eastend". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ a b c Dovemaster (25 June 2010). "Bell Founders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Davies, Peter (21 January 2007). "Chadlington S Nicholas". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ Archbishops' Council. "Chadlington: St Nicholas, Chadlington". A Church Near You. Church of England.
- ^ "Chadlington". Churches. Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold Methodist Circuit 23/04. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Sandys House". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ Pierce, Andrew (3 March 2009). "Ivan Cameron's favourite book read at his funeral". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Oxfordshire Cricket Association 2009
- ^ Chadlington Sports Club
- ^ chadlingtonplaygroup.org.uk
- ^ "David Cameron runs in charity mud race". BBC News (BBC). 28 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
Sources
- Corbett, E. (1962). A History of Spelsbury. Banbury: Cheney and Sons. p. 20.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 524–525. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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