Bladon
Coordinates: 51°49′55″N 1°21′04″W / 51.832°N 1.351°W
| Bladon | |
 St. Martin's parish church |
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 Bladon
Bladon shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 753 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP4414 |
| Civil 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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[edit] 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.[2]
A Methodist congregation was established in Bladon by 1820 and built its first chapel in 1843.[3] In 1877 a new chapel was built copying the Early English style of the 13th century.[2] It is now called Bladon Methodist Church[4] and belongs to the Oxford Methodist Circuit.[5]
[edit] The Parish
The parish includes Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill (prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955). He was buried in St. Martin's parish churchyard after his death in 1965; his wife Clementine was buried alongside him following her own death 12 years later.[6]
In 1858 Frances Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough provided a new Gothic Revival building[2] to found a school in Bladon.[7] The building was enlarged in 1890.[2] 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.[7] In 1940 it was reorganised as a junior school, with senior pupils from Bladon thereafter going to secondary school in Woodstock.[7] Since 1954 the school has been a Church of England primary school.[8]
Bladon has one public house, the White House, controlled by Greene King Brewery.
[edit] Air Accident
The Bladon Air Accident occurred on 15 January 2010 at 1400 GMT. A Piper PA-31 Navajo was approaching Oxford Airport when it crashed into a field near the A4095 in Bladon. The two people on board were killed and the aircraft caught fire. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is investigating.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ "Area selected: West Oxfordshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d73ec370d62b6f4444bc01a4cf1c94ffa8?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790500&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=true&nswid=1020. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ a b c d Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 459
- ^ Crossley & Elrington, pages 34-35
- ^ Bladon Methodist Church
- ^ Oxford Methodist Circuit
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- ^ a b c Crossley & Elrington, 1990, page 35
- ^ Bladon Church of England Primary School
- ^ BBC: News: Two killed in plane crash near Oxford Airport
[edit] Sources
- Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.); Baggs, A.P.; Blair, W.J.; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J. et al (1990). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Victoria County History. pp. 14–36.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 459. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
[edit] External links
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