Kiddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Asterley Farm and House, Asterley, Asterleigh, Over Kiddington, Nether Kiddington, and Asterly Farm and House.
Alternative names: Cuddington
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1573
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1722
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Roman Catholic.
Adjacent Parishes
- Over Worton
- Stonesfield
- Spelsbury
- Glympton
- Steeple Barton
- Enstone
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KIDDINGTON, or CUDDINGTON, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the river Glyme, and on a branch of Akeman street, 4½ miles W by S of Heyford r. station, and 4½ NW by N of Woodstock. It comprises the hamlets of Nether K. and Over K., divided by the Glyme; and has a post-office under Woodstock. Acres, 2, 450. Real property, £3, 339. Pop., 305. Houses, 57. The manor was known to the Saxons as Cendenton, so named from Coed, “a wood;” was given, about 780, by Offa, to Worcester abbey; went, at the Conquest, to Musard; passed to the Salceys, the Willescotes, the Babingtons, and the Brownes; and belongs now, with Kiddington Hall, to H. L. Gaskell, Esq. A Roman camp is at Hillwood; and remains of an old cross are in Over K. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £497. Patron, Viscount Dillon. The church was built about 1400, on the site of a Norman one; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with W tower; contains a brass of the Rev. W. Goodyear; and is in good repair. There is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Oxfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Woodstock
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
- Diocese: Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Woodstock
- Poor Law Union: Woodstock
- Hundred: Chadlington
- Province: Canterbury