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|local_name= Chad |local_name= Chad
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|civil_parish= Chadlington |civil_parish= Chadlington
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|postcode_area= OX |postcode_area= OX
|dial_code= 01608 |dial_code= 01608
|constituency_westminster= ] |constituency_westminster= ]
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'''Chadlington''' is a village and ] in the ] Valley about {{convert|3|mi|0}} south of ]. The village has five neighbourhoods: Brookend, Eastend, Greenend, Millend and Westend. '''Chadlington''' is a village and ] in the ] Valley about {{convert|3|mi|0}} south of ]. The village has four neighbourhoods: Brookend, Eastend, Greenend and Westend.


==Archaeology== ==Archaeology==
There is a ] about {{convert|1.5|mi}} west of the village. Bowl barrows range from ] to late ], ''i.e.'' 2400 to 1500 BC. The barrow is a ].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1014562 |desc=Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm |accessdate=23 January 2012}}</ref> There is a ] about {{convert|1.5|mi}} west of the village. Bowl barrows range from ] to late ], ''i.e.'' 2400 to 1500 BC. The barrow is a ].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1014562 |desc=Bowl barrow 525m north of Barter's Hill Farm |access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref> ] is a ] {{convert|1|mi}} northwest of the village. It is a scheduled monument.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1015322 |desc=Knollbury camp hillfort |access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref>

] is a ] {{convert|1|mi}} northwest of the village. It is a scheduled monument.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1015322 |desc=Knollbury camp hillfort |accessdate=23 January 2012}}</ref>


==Manors== ==Manors==
Chadlington appears to have been at the head of its own ] both before and after the Norman Conquest, but later on, together with two other hundreds, it became amalgamated into the single Hundred of Shipton. Throughout Oxfordshire there is, however, little evidence for hundredal boundaries prior to the post-Conquest amalgamations. Two separate estates at Chadlington existed by the time of ] in 1086, each of two and a half hides; and this looks like a 'classic' case of an original five hide estate becoming split in two before the Norman Conquest.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Caldwell |first=Clare (editor, with John Morris) |title=Domesday Book: Oxfordshire |publisher=Phillimore |year=1978 |isbn=0850331692 |location=London and Chichester}}</ref> The form of settlement in Chadlington in the late 11th century is entirely unknown, but it is likely that one of the manors was centred on the church, and was located where the surviving manor house is now, immediately to the south of the church. The present Chadlington ] is said to be of 17th century date,{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} remodelled in about 1800.<ref name="EH-Manor">{{NHLE |num= 1052835 |desc=Manor House and Attached Walls and Outbuildings |access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref> However, it is extremely likely that its ''site'' is far older, and by the late Anglo-Saxon period, may have been occupied by a modest timber thegn's hall. The very close proximity between the manor house site and the church suggests a classic 'manorial' relationship, so that the church is very likely to have been a proprietorial foundation.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blair |first=John |title=The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005 |isbn=0198226950 |location=Oxford |pages=385–396}}</ref> It is a ].<ref name=EH-Manor/> Lower Court farmhouse was built in about 1700 as the manor house for Westend.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt>{{NHLE |num= 1368038 |desc=Lower Court Farmhouse |access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref> It was altered in the mid- to late-18th century and remodelled in the 19th.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt/> The house has a ] roof.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt/> It is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt/> The widespread but regrettable local tradition that Chadlington takes its name directly from St Chad is entirely false. In fact, the first element is probably from another Old English personal name, ''Ceadela,'' of which other toponymic examples exist but it is not as yet attested outside place-names. The full meaning of the name is probably most appropriately given simply as 'the estate/settlement/farmstead associated with ''Ceadela''<nowiki/>'.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gelling |first=Margaret |title=Signposts to the Past: Place-Names and the History of England |publisher=Phillimore |year=1997 |edition=3rd |location=London and Chichester |pages=172}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mills |first=A. D. |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780199609086 |edition=2nd |location=Oxford |pages=104}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gelling |first=Margaret |title=The Place-Names of Oxfordshire, Part II |publisher=Cambridge University Press, for the English Place-Name Society |origyear=1954|year=1971 |isbn=0521049172 |edition=Volume 24 of the English Place-Name Society County Series |pages=334–335, 338–341}}</ref>
Chadlington village existed by the time of ] in 1086 and may be named after ].{{sfn|Corbett|1962|p=20}} The present Chadlington ] was built in the 17th century{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} and remodelled in about 1800.<ref name=EH-Manor>{{NHLE |num= 1052835 |desc=Manor House and Attached Walls and Outbuildings |accessdate=23 January 2012}}</ref> It is a ].<ref name=EH-Manor/>

Lower Court farmhouse was built in about 1700 as the manor house for Westend.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt>{{NHLE |num= 1368038 |desc=Lower Court Farmhouse |accessdate=23 January 2012}}</ref> It was altered in the mid- to late-18th century and remodelled in the 19th.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt/> The house has a ] roof.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt/> It is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name=EH-LowerCourt/>


==Churches and chapel== ==Churches and chapel==


===Church of England=== ===Church of England===
The ] of ] was originally ],{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=524}} and the blocked head of a Norman window above the north ] show that the building had a ] in Norman times.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=524}} In the 13th century ] north and south ] were added, with four-] arcades linking the aisles with the ].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|pp=524–525}} Both aisles still retain some ]s from this period.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} The ] of ] was originally ],{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=524}} and the blocked head of a Norman window above the north ] show that the building had a ] in Norman times.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=524}} It is extremely likely, however, that a church, probably of timber, stood on the site by the late Anglo-Saxon period at the latest. The church's orientation, which is almost south-west/north-east, is somewhat idiosyncratic, and might suggest that it was inserted into the framework of a pre-existing settlement plan. In the 13th century, ] north and south ] were added, with four-] arcades linking the aisles with the ].{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|pp=524–525}} Both aisles still retain some ]s from this period.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} The ] was built early in the 14th century in the ] style.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} A ] was added at the east end of the north aisle. The chapel's east and north windows in the Transitional style between Decorated and ] date it to the chancel about the middle of the 14th century.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} Later pure Perpendicular Gothic additions include the windows and north door in the north aisle, the present clerestory and nave roof and the ] arch.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} In 1870, the ] ] completely rebuilt the chancel.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} St. Nicholas' church is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1368037 |desc=Church of St Nicholas, Eastend |access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref>

The ] was built early in the 14th century in the ] style.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} A ] was added at the east end of the north aisle. The chapel's east and north windows in the Transitional style between Decorated and ] date it to of the chancel about the middle of the 14th century.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} Later pure Perpendicular Gothic additions include the windows and north door in the north aisle, the present clerestory and nave roof and the ] arch.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} In 1870 the ] ] completely rebuilt the chancel.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} St. Nicholas' church is a Grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1368037 |desc=Church of St Nicholas, Eastend |accessdate=23 January 2012}}</ref>

⚫ The tower has a ] of six bells. Abraham I ]<ref name=DoveFounders>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/founders.php |title=Bell Founders |author=Dovemaster |date=25 June 2010 |work=] |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2011}}</ref> cast the second and third bells in 1714.<ref name=DoveDetails>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Chadlington&DoveID=CHADLINGTO |title=Chadlington S Nicholas |last=Davies |first=Peter |date=21 January 2007 |work=] |publisher= |accessdate=3 February 2011}}</ref> ] of ] cast the fifth and tenor bells in 1846<ref name=DoveDetails/> at the ] he then had in ].<ref name=DoveFounders/> Thomas Bond of ]<ref name=DoveFounders/> cast the fourth bell in 1911.<ref name=DoveDetails/> The ] cast the present tenor bell in 2006.<ref name=DoveDetails/> There is also a ] that Thomas Bond cast in 1911.<ref name=DoveDetails/>


⚫ The tower has a ] of six bells. Abraham I ]<ref name=DoveFounders>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/founders.php |title=Bell Founders |author=Dovemaster |date=25 June 2010 |work=] |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref> cast the second and third bells in 1714.<ref name=DoveDetails>{{cite web |url= http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Chadlington&DoveID=CHADLINGTO |title=Chadlington S Nicholas |last=Davies |first=Peter |date=21 January 2007 |work=] |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref> ] of ] cast the fifth and tenor bells in 1846<ref name=DoveDetails/> at the ] he then had in ].<ref name=DoveFounders/> Thomas Bond of ]<ref name=DoveFounders/> cast the fourth bell in 1911.<ref name=DoveDetails/> The ] cast the present tenor bell in 2006.<ref name=DoveDetails/> There is also a ] that Thomas Bond cast in 1911.<ref name=DoveDetails/> In 2001, the ] of ], Chadlington and ] merged with that of ] and ] to form the Chase Benefice.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chadlington-st-nicholas/ |work=A Church Near You |title=Chadlington: St Nicholas, Chadlington |author=Archbishops' Council |author-link=Archbishops' Council |publisher=] |year=2010 }}</ref> The Parsonage was designed by ] and built in 1863.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} It is now Chadlington House.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}}
] ]
In 2001 the ] of ], Chadlington and ] merged with that of ] and ] to form the Chase Benefice.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chadlington-st-nicholas/ |work=A Church Near You |title=Chadlington: St Nicholas, Chadlington |author=] |publisher=] |year=2010 |accessdate=}}</ref>

The Parsonage was designed by ] and built in 1863.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}} It is now Chadlington House.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=525}}


===Baptist=== ===Baptist===
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===Methodist=== ===Methodist===
] ]
Chadlington has a ]. It is a member of Chipping Norton and ] ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.methcircuit2304.org.uk/home.php?page=1&church=5 |title=Chadlington |work=Churches |publisher=Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold Methodist Circuit 23/04 |accessdate=23 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404042703/http://www.methcircuit2304.org.uk/home.php?page=1&church=5 |archivedate=4 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Chadlington has a ]. It is a member of Chipping Norton and ] ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.methcircuit2304.org.uk/home.php?page=1&church=5 |title=Chadlington |work=Churches |publisher=Chipping Norton and Stow on the Wold Methodist Circuit 23/04 |access-date=23 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404042703/http://www.methcircuit2304.org.uk/home.php?page=1&church=5 |archive-date=4 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Social and economic history== ==Social and economic history==

⚫ ]
⚫ Chadlington used to have three ]s, the Malt Shovel (closed down),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/oxfordshire/chadlington_maltshovel.html|title=The Lost Pub Project, Malt Shovel|author=Simon Hall|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> the Tite Inn, and the Sandys Arms. The Tite Inn was closed between 2009 and 2012; it reopened in 2012 with new owners.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thetiteinn.co.uk/about/ |title=About us (and the Tite) |access-date=15 December 2013}}</ref> and the Sandys Arms on Bull Hill closed some years earlier.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1052832 |desc=Sandys House |access-date= 23 January 2012}}</ref> ] (1810–95) and his brother Canon ] (1812–1902) were born in Chadlington.<ref>R. W. Ferrier, Stephanie Dalley, ‘Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswicke, first baronet (1810–1895)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2015 </ref> Ivan Cameron, son of former ] and ] ] is buried in Chadlington.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/4933365/Ivan-Camerons-favourite-book-read-at-his-funeral.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100608102539/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/4933365/Ivan-Camerons-favourite-book-read-at-his-funeral.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 8 June 2010 |first=Andrew |last=Pierce |title=Ivan Cameron's favourite book read at his funeral |newspaper=] |date=3 March 2009 }}</ref>
⚫ ]
] ]
Chadlington used to have three ]s, the Malt Shovel, the Tite Inn, and the Sandys Arms.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} The Tite Inn was closed between 2009 and 2012, when it reopened with new owners.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thetiteinn.co.uk/about/ |title=About us (and the Tite) |accessdate=15 December 2013}}</ref> and the Sandys Arms on Bull Hill closed some years earlier.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1052832 |desc=Sandys House |accessdate= 23 January 2012}}</ref>

⚫ ] (1810–95) and his brother Canon ] (1812–1902) were born at Chadlington.<ref>R. W. Ferrier, Stephanie Dalley, ‘Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswicke, first baronet (1810–1895)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2015 </ref> Ivan Cameron, son of former ] and ] ] is buried at Chadlington.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/4933365/Ivan-Camerons-favourite-book-read-at-his-funeral.html |first=Andrew |last=Pierce |title=Ivan Cameron's favourite book read at his funeral |newspaper=] |date=3 March 2009 |accessdate=}}</ref>


==Amenities== ==Amenities==

⚫ Chadlington Football Club play in the Witney and District League. As of January 2023, it has a team in Division One and another in division four as well as a youth team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chadlingtonsportsclub.co.uk/team|title=Chadlingtom Sports club, teams|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> Chadlington Cricket Club play in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association League.<ref>{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Both clubs are based at Chadlington Sports and Social Club.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731183649/http://www.chadsportsclub.co.uk/ |date=31 July 2009 }}</ref> Chadlington also has a primary school and a playgroup.<ref></ref> An annual ] is held along Coldron Brook: The ]. Proceeds of the race, which starts and ends at The Tite Inn, go to the parish primary school. Former ] MP and ] ] has taken part in the event.<ref name=Mud>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8432439.stm |title=David Cameron runs in charity mud race |work=BBC News |publisher=] |date=28 December 2009 |access-date=28 December 2009}}</ref>
] ]
] ]
Chadlington Football Club plays in the ]. It currently has two teams in Divisions One and Four.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
⚫ Chadlington Cricket Club plays in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association League.<ref>{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Both clubs are based at Chadlington Sports and Social Club.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731183649/http://www.chadsportsclub.co.uk/ |date=31 July 2009 }}</ref> Chadlington has also a primary school and a playgroup.<ref></ref>


==In popular culture==
An annual ] is held along Coldron Brook: The ]. Proceeds of the race, which starts and ends at The Tite Inn, go to the parish primary school. Former ] MP ] has taken part in the event.<ref name=Mud>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8432439.stm |title=David Cameron runs in charity mud race |work=BBC News |publisher=] |date=28 December 2009 |accessdate=28 December 2009}}</ref>
Chadlington is the location for filming of the television documentary series '']'' about ] and his farm on the edge of the village.


==References== ==References==
{{reflist}} {{Reflist}}


==Sources and further reading== ==Sources and further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Corbett |first1=E. |authorlink= |title=A History of Spelsbury |year=1962 |publisher=Cheney and Sons |location=Banbury |page=20 |ref=harv}} *{{cite book |last1=Corbett |first1=E. |title=A History of Spelsbury |year=1962 |publisher=Cheney and Sons |location=Banbury |page=20 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Gilmour |first=Lauren |year=1992 |title=The Chadlington Sword — and the end of the siege of Oxford? |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=] |volume=LVII |pages=359–363 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1992/notes.pdf#page=21 |ref=harv}} *{{cite journal |last=Gilmour |first=Lauren |year=1992 |title=The Chadlington Sword — and the end of the siege of Oxford? |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=] |volume=LVII |pages=359–363 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1992/notes.pdf#page=21 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Leeds |first=E.T. |authorlink=Edward Thurlow Leeds |year=1940 |title=Two Saxon Cemeteries in North Oxfordshire |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=] |volume=V |pages=21–32 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1940/leeds2.pdf |ref=harv}} *{{cite journal |last=Leeds |first=E.T. |author-link=Edward Thurlow Leeds |year=1940 |title=Two Saxon Cemeteries in North Oxfordshire |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=] |volume=V |pages=21–32 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1940/leeds2.pdf }}
*{{cite journal |last=Mudd |first=Andrew |year=1987 |title=Fieldwalking at Spelsburydown and in the Chadlington Area |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=] |volume=LII |pages=11–22 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1987/mudd.pdf |ref=harv}} *{{cite journal |last=Mudd |first=Andrew |year=1987 |title=Fieldwalking at Spelsburydown and in the Chadlington Area |journal=Oxoniensia |publisher=] |volume=LII |pages=11–22 |url= http://oxoniensia.org/volumes/1987/mudd.pdf }}
*{{cite book |last1=Salzman |first1=L.F. (ed.) |author1-link=Louis Francis Salzman |last2=Page |first2=William |last3=Salter |first3=Herbert E. |last4=Lobel |first4=Mary D |author4-link=Mary Lobel |last5=Crossley |first5=Alan |year=1939 |chapter=Anglo-Saxon Remains |title=A History of the County of Oxford |volume=1: Natural history, ''etc.'' |series= ] |location=London |publisher=] & Co |pages=357–360 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=101936 |ref=harv}} *{{cite book |last1=Salzman |first1=Louis Francis |author1-link=Louis Francis Salzman |last2=Page |first2=William |last3=Salter |first3=Herbert E. |last4=Lobel |first4=Mary D. |author4-link=Mary Lobel |last5=Crossley |first5=Alan |year=1939 |chapter=Anglo-Saxon Remains |title=A History of the County of Oxford |volume=1: Natural history, ''etc.'' |series= ] |location=London |publisher=] & Co |pages=357–360 |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=101936 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=] |title=Oxfordshire |year=1974 |publisher=] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=524–525 |ref=harv}} *{{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=] |title=Oxfordshire |year=1974 |publisher=] |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=524–525 }}


==External links== ==External links==
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⚫ *{{cite web |url= http://historicoxfordshire.ashmolean.org/SitePages/chadlington.html |title=Site name: Chadlington |work=Oxfordshire's Historic Archives |publisher=] |date=June 2006 |accessdate=15 December 2013}}
*{{cite web |url= http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/amps/leeds/AS_Oxfordshire/chadlington/chadlington_index.html |title=Chadlington Anglo-Saxon Cemetery |work=Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire |publisher=] |date=22 December 2005 |accessdate=15 December 2013}} *{{cite web |url= http://historicoxfordshire.ashmolean.org/SitePages/chadlington.html |title=Site name: Chadlington |work=Oxfordshire's Historic Archives |publisher=] |date=June 2006 |access-date=15 December 2013}}
⚫ *{{cite web |url= http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/amps/leeds/AS_Oxfordshire/chadlington/chadlington_index.html |title=Chadlington Anglo-Saxon Cemetery |work=Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire |publisher=] |date=22 December 2005 |access-date=15 December 2013}}
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Human settlement in England
Chadlington
  • Chad
St. Nicholas' parish church
Chadlington is located in OxfordshireChadlingtonChadlingtonLocation within Oxfordshire
Population827 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP3321
Civil parish
  • Chadlington
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townChipping Norton
Postcode districtOX7
Dialling code01608
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51°53′53″N 1°31′26″W / 51.898°N 1.524°W / 51.898; -1.524

Chadlington is a village and civil parish in the Evenlode Valley about 3 miles (5 km) south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The village has four neighbourhoods: Brookend, Eastend, Greenend and Westend.

Archaeology

There is a bowl barrow about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the village. Bowl barrows range from late Neolithic to late Bronze Age, i.e. 2400 to 1500 BC. The barrow is a scheduled monument. Knollbury is a hill-fort 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village. It is a scheduled monument.

Manors

Chadlington appears to have been at the head of its own hundred both before and after the Norman Conquest, but later on, together with two other hundreds, it became amalgamated into the single Hundred of Shipton. Throughout Oxfordshire there is, however, little evidence for hundredal boundaries prior to the post-Conquest amalgamations. Two separate estates at Chadlington existed by the time of Domesday Book in 1086, each of two and a half hides; and this looks like a 'classic' case of an original five hide estate becoming split in two before the Norman Conquest. The form of settlement in Chadlington in the late 11th century is entirely unknown, but it is likely that one of the manors was centred on the church, and was located where the surviving manor house is now, immediately to the south of the church. The present Chadlington Manor House is said to be of 17th century date, remodelled in about 1800. However, it is extremely likely that its site is far older, and by the late Anglo-Saxon period, may have been occupied by a modest timber thegn's hall. The very close proximity between the manor house site and the church suggests a classic 'manorial' relationship, so that the church is very likely to have been a proprietorial foundation. It is a 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 Stonesfield Slate roof. It is a Grade II* listed building. The widespread but regrettable local tradition that Chadlington takes its name directly from St Chad is entirely false. In fact, the first element is probably from another Old English personal name, Ceadela, of which other toponymic examples exist but it is not as yet attested outside place-names. The full meaning of the name is probably most appropriately given simply as 'the estate/settlement/farmstead associated with Ceadela'.

Churches and chapel

Church of England

The Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was originally Norman, and the blocked head of a Norman window above the north arcade show that the building had a clerestory in Norman times. It is extremely likely, however, that a church, probably of timber, stood on the site by the late Anglo-Saxon period at the latest. The church's orientation, which is almost south-west/north-east, is somewhat idiosyncratic, and might suggest that it was inserted into the framework of a pre-existing settlement plan. In the 13th century, Early English Gothic north and south aisles were added, with four-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 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 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 architect Charles Buckeridge completely rebuilt the chancel. St. Nicholas' church is a Grade II* listed building.

The tower has a ring of six bells. Abraham I Rudhall of Gloucester cast the second and third bells in 1714. William Taylor of Loughborough cast the fifth and tenor bells in 1846 at the 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 Sanctus bell that Thomas Bond cast in 1911. In 2001, the 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 and built in 1863. It is now Chadlington House.

Former Baptist chapel, built 1840

Baptist

Chadlington Baptist chapel was built in 1840. It is now a private house.

Methodist

Chadlington Methodist church

Chadlington has a 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 (closed down), the Tite Inn, and the Sandys Arms. The Tite Inn was closed between 2009 and 2012; it reopened in 2012 with new owners. and the Sandys Arms on Bull Hill closed some years earlier. Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810–95) and his brother Canon George Rawlinson (1812–1902) were born in Chadlington. Ivan Cameron, son of former Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister David Cameron is buried in Chadlington.

The Tite Inn public house
Sandys House, formerly the Sandys Arms public house

Amenities

Chadlington Football Club play in the Witney and District League. As of January 2023, it has a team in Division One and another in division four as well as a youth team. 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. An annual fun run is held along Coldron Brook: The Great Brook Run. Proceeds of the race, which starts and ends at The Tite Inn, go to the parish primary school. Former Witney MP and Prime Minister David Cameron has taken part in the event.

North front of Chadlington Manor House, built in the 17th century
West front of Chadlington Manor House, added about 1800

In popular culture

Chadlington is the location for filming of the television documentary series Clarkson's Farm about Jeremy Clarkson and his farm on the edge of the village.

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