Bletchingdon

Other current and historical names

Blechingdon
Bletchington
Blechindon

Built-Up Area: Bletchingdon
Parish/Community: Bletchingdon
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'19"N 1°16'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 450299, 217671
OS Grid: SP502176
Mapcode Local: GBR 7WF.PFG
Mapcode Global: VHCX7.XMCJ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bletchingdon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bletchingdon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bletchington, par., mid. Oxfordshire, 6 miles SW. of Bicester, 2540 ac., pop. 693; P.O.; contains seat of Bletchington Park.

Bletchingdon in the Domesday Book

A village in Kirtlington hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 7 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Pasture: 6 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alwy the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwy the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Mills: 1, value 7/7¼

British Place Names

Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire

Bletchingdon is a village in Oxfordshire

Bletchingdon in historic gazetteers

Bletchingdon in the Domesday Book