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KIRTLINGTON, a village and a parish in Bicester district, Oxford. The village stands near the river Cherwell and the Oxford canal, 1¼ mile E of the Oxford and Birmingham railway, and 4 NE by E of Woodstock; was known to the Saxons as Kyntingtun; was the meetingplace, in 977, of a synod at which King Edward the Martyr and St. Dunstan of Canterbury were present; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Oxford.—The parish comprises 3, 495 acres. Real property, £4, 878. Pop., 725. Houses, 146. The manor belonged to the Bassets; passed to Thomas of Woodstock and others; and belongs now to Sir Henry W. Dashwood, Bart. Kirtlington Park, the seat of Sir Henry, is an imposing mansion of last century, amid very extensive grounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £430.*-Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church is partly Norman, partly of the 13th century, partly quite recent; consists of nave, aisles, chantry, and chancel, with a tower; underwent extensive repair, and had the tower rebuilt, in 1853; and contains a memorial window and monuments of the Dashwoods. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £12.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kirtlington CP/AP Bicester RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place names: | KIRTLINGTON | KYNTINGTUN |
| Place: | Kirtlington |
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