BLETCHINGDON PARISH

Introduction

Bletchingdon (also known as Bletchington) is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) north of Kidlington and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Bletchingdon parish includes the hamlet of Enslow just over 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 910. The earliest known document to mention Bletchingdon is in the Domesday Book of 1086, which records it as Blecesdone. A charter written about 1130 records it as Blechesdune. The Feet of fines records it as Blechesdon in 1197. A document called the Placitorum abbreviato records it as Blechindon in 1279. It is derived from the Old English Blecces dūn meaning "Blecca's hill". In recent centuries "Bletchington" has been an alternative spelling. In the 19th and 20th centuries Bletchington railway station at Enslow was spelt with a "t". Natives of the parish colloquially abbreviate it to "Bletch".

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	1,075 hectares
Population	1,062 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	99 people/km²
Mean age	41.5
Ward	Launton and Otmoor
District	Cherwell
Postcodes	OX25, OX5
ONS ID	E04008026