Chadlington is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the

Evenlode Evenlode is a village and civil parish ( ONS Code 23UC051) in the Cotswold District of eastern Gloucestershire in England. Evenlode is bordered by the Gloucestershire parishes of Moreton-in-Marsh to the northwest, Longborough and Donnington to ...

Valley about south of

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about south-west of Banbury and north-west of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the civil parish population as 5 ...

. The village has five neighbourhoods: Brookend, Eastend, Greenend, Millend and Westend.

Archaeology

There is a

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about west of the village. Bowl barrows range from late Neolithic to late

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, ''i.e.'' 2400 to 1500 BC. The barrow is a

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Knollbury Knollbury is a scheduled Iron Age hillfort enclosure to the north west of Chadlington Chadlington is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode Valley about south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The village has five neighbourhoods: Brook ...

is a hill-fort northwest of the village. It is a scheduled monument.

Manors

Chadlington village existed by the time of

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in 1086 and may be named after

Saint Chad Chad of Mercia (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Catholic monk who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He was later canonised ...

. The present Chadlington

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was built in the 17th century and remodelled in about 1800. It is a

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. Lower Court farmhouse was built in about 1700 as the manor house for Westend. It was altered in the mid- to late-18th century and remodelled in the 19th. The house has a Stonesfield Slate roof. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Churches and chapel

Church of England

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was originally Norman, and the blocked head of a Norman window above the north

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show that the building had a clerestory in Norman times. In the 13th century

Early English Gothic English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century. The style was most prominently used in the construction of cathedrals and churches. Gothic architecture's defining features are pointed ...

north and south aisles were added, with four- bay arcades linking the aisles with the

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

. Both aisles still retain some lancet windows from this period. The bell tower was built early in the 14th century in the

Decorated Gothic English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century. The style was most prominently used in the construction of cathedrals and churches. Gothic architecture's defining features are pointed ar ...

style. A

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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 the chancel about the middle of the 14th century. Later pure Perpendicular Gothic additions include the windows and north door in the north aisle, the present clerestory and nave roof and the

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arch. In 1870 the Gothic Revival architect Charles Buckeridge completely rebuilt the chancel. St. Nicholas' church is a Grade II* listed building. The tower has a ring of six bells. Abraham I

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cast the second and third bells in 1714. William Taylor of

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second large ...

cast the fifth and tenor bells in 1846 at the bellfoundry he then had in

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. Thomas Bond of Burford cast the fourth bell in 1911. The

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cast the present tenor bell in 2006. There is also a Sanctus bell that Thomas Bond cast in 1911. In 2001 the Church of England Benefice of Ascott-under-Wychwood, Chadlington and

Spelsbury Spelsbury is a village and civil parish about north of Charlbury and about southeast of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The village is on a narrow hill between the Coldron and Taston brooks overlooking the River Evenlode and the ancient Wychwo ...

merged with that of

Enstone Enstone is a village and civil parish in England, about east of Chipping Norton and north-west of Oxford city. The civil parish, one of Oxfordshire's largest, consists of the villages of Church Enstone and Neat Enstone, with the hamlets of Cha ...

and

Heythrop Heythrop is a village and civil parish just over east of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Dunthrop. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 93. History Heythrop had a Norman parish church of Saint Ni ...

to form the Chase Benefice. The Parsonage was designed by William Wilkinson and built in 1863. It is now Chadlington House. Chadlington BaptistChapel NorthEast

Baptist

Chadlington

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...

chapel was built in 1840. It is now a private house.

Methodist

Chadlington has a Methodist church. It is a member of Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold

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Social and economic history

Chadlington used to have three

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s, the Malt Shovel, the Tite Inn, and the Sandys Arms. The Tite Inn was closed between 2009 and 2012, when it reopened with new owners. and the Sandys Arms on Bull Hill closed some years earlier. Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810–95) and his brother Canon

George Rawlinson George Rawlinson (23 November 1812 – 6 October 1902) was a British scholar, historian, and Christian theologian. Life Rawlinson was born at Chadlington, Oxfordshire, the son of Abram Tysack Rawlinson and the younger brother of the famous A ...

(1812–1902) were born in Chadlington. Ivan Cameron, son of former Conservative Party Leader and

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David Cameron is buried in Chadlington. 0N1A6849

Amenities

Chadlington Football Club play in the Witney and District League. It currently has two teams in Divisions One and Four. Chadlington Cricket Club play in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association League. Both clubs are based at Chadlington Sports and Social Club. Chadlington also has a primary school and a playgroup.Chadlington Playgroup
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is held along Coldron Brook: The Great Brook Run. Proceeds of the race, which starts and ends a
The Tite Inn
go to the parish primary school. Former

Witney Witney is a market town on the River Windrush in West Oxfordshire in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is west of Oxford. The place-name "Witney" is derived from the Old English for "Witta's island". The earliest known record of it is as ...

MP and

David Cameron has taken part in the event. ChadlingtonManor NorthFront

References

Sources and further reading

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External links

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Chadlington on Google Maps
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