Coordinates: 51°49′55″N 1°21′04″W / 51.832°N 1.351°W
| Bladon | |
 The parish church of St. Martin |
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  Bladon
Bladon shown within Oxfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Parish | Bladon |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woodstock |
| Postcode district | OX20 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Bladon is a village and civil parish on the River Glyme about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northwest of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
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Churches
The Parish Church of Saint Martin was originally 11th or 12th century, but was rebuilt twice in the 19th century: firstly in 1804, and then by the architect A.W. Blomfield in 1891.[1]
A Methodist congregation was established in Bladon by 1820 and built its first chapel in 1843.[2] In 1877 a new chapel was built copying the Early English style of the 13th century.[1] It is now called Bladon Methodist Church[3] and belongs to the Oxford Methodist Circuit.[4]
The Parish
The parish includes Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill who is buried in St. Martin's parish churchyard.
In 1858 Frances Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough provided a new Gothic Revival building[1] to found a school in Bladon.[5] The building was enlarged in 1890.[1] It was known as the Duchess of Marlborough's school, but in 1937 its ownership was transferred from the Duchy of Marlborough to Bladon parochial church council.[5] In 1940 it was reorganised as a junior school, with senior pupils from Bladon thereafter going to secondary school in Woodstock.[5] Since 1954 the school has been a Church of England primary school.[6]
Bladon has one public house, the White House, controlled by Greene King Brewery.
Sources
- Crossley, Alan & C.R. Elrington (eds.); A.P. Baggs, W.J. Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C.J. Day, Nesta Selwyn, S.C. Townley (1990). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. pp. 14-36.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 459. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
References
- ^ a b c d Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 459
- ^ Crossley & Elrington, pages 34-35
- ^ Bladon Methodist Church
- ^ Oxford Methodist Circuit
- ^ a b c Crossley & Elrington, 1990, page 35
- ^ Bladon Church of England Primary School
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