In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kiddington like this:
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.
Kiddington through time
Kiddington is now part of West Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kiddington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kiddington in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9887
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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