Chadlington

Chadlington is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the River Evenlode, Evenlode Valley about south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The village has five neighbourhoods: Brookend, Eastend, Greenend, Millend and Westend.

Archaeology

There is a bowl barrow about west of the village. Bowl barrows range from Neolithic British Isles#Late Neolithic: 3000-2500 BCE, late Neolithic to late Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, ''i.e.'' 2400 to 1500 BC. The barrow is a scheduled monument. Knollbury is a Hillforts in Britain, hill-fort northwest of the village. It is a scheduled monument.

Manors

Chadlington village existed by the time of Domesday Book in 1086 and may be named after Saint Chad. The present Chadlington Manor House was built in the 17th century and remodelled in about 1800. It is a Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade II* listed building. Lower Court farmhouse was built in about 1700 as the manor house for Westend. It was altered in the mid- to late-18th century and remodelled in the 19th. The house has a Taynton Limestone Formation, Stonesfield Slate roof. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Churches and chapel

Church of England

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was originally Norman architecture, Norman, and the blocked head of a Norman window above the north Arcade (architecture), arcade show that the building had a clerestory in Norman times. In the 13th century English Gothic architecture#Early English Gothic, Early English Gothic north and south Aisle#Architecture, aisles were added, with four-Bay (architecture), bay arcades linking the aisles with the nave. Both aisles still retain some lancet windows from this period. The bell tower was built early in the 14th century in the English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic, Decorated Gothic style. A chapel was added at the east end of the north aisle. The chapel's east and north windows in the Transitional style between Decorated and English Gothic architecture#Perpendicular Gothic, Perpendicular Gothic date it to the chancel about the middle of the 14th century. Later pure Perpendicular Gothic additions include the windows and north door in the north aisle, the present clerestory and nave roof and the chancel arch. In 1870 the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architect Charles Buckeridge completely rebuilt the chancel. St. Nicholas' church is a Grade II* listed building.

The tower has a Change ringing, ring of six bells. Abraham I Rudhall of Gloucester cast the second and third bells in 1714. John Taylor & Co, William Taylor of Loughborough cast the fifth and tenor bells in 1846 at the Bellfounding, bellfoundry he then had in Oxford. Thomas Bond of Burford cast the fourth bell in 1911. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the present tenor bell in 2006. There is also a Church bells#Types of bell, Sanctus bell that Thomas Bond cast in 1911. In 2001 the Benefice#Church of England, Church of England Benefice of Ascott-under-Wychwood, Chadlington and Spelsbury merged with that of Enstone and Heythrop to form the Chase Benefice. The Parsonage was designed by William Wilkinson (architect), William Wilkinson and built in 1863. It is now Chadlington House.

Baptist

Chadlington Baptist Union of Great Britain, Baptist chapel was built in 1840. It is now a private house.

Methodist

Chadlington has a Methodist Church of Great Britain, Methodist church. It is a member of Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold Methodist Circuit.

Social and economic history

Chadlington used to have three public houses, the Malt Shovel, the Tite Inn, and the Sandys Arms. The Tite Inn was closed between 2009 and 2012, when it reopened with new owners. and the Sandys Arms on Bull Hill closed some years earlier. Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810–95) and his brother Canon George Rawlinson (1812–1902) were born in Chadlington. Ivan Cameron, son of former Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron is buried in Chadlington.

Amenities

Chadlington Football Club play in the Witney and District League. It currently has two teams in Divisions One and Four. Chadlington Cricket Club play in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association League. Both clubs are based at Chadlington Sports and Social Club. Chadlington also has a primary school and a playgroup.Chadlington Playgroup
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The Tite Inn
go to the parish primary school. Former Witney (UK Parliament constituency), Witney MP and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister David Cameron has taken part in the event.

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Civil parishes in Oxfordshire
Villages in Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire District
Cotswolds