A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CUDDESDEN, a village and a parish in Headington district, Oxfordshire. The village stands near the river Thame, 1½ mile S of Wheatley r. station, and 6 SE by E of Oxford; and has a post office under Oxford. Pop., 384. Houses, 73. The parish includes also the hamlets of Wheatley, Denton, and Chippinghurst. Acres, 2, 689. Real property, £7, 204. Pop., 1, 591. Houses, 348. The property is divided among a few. Cuddesden Palace is the seat of the Bishops of Oxford; sprang from a timber structure, erected in 1635 by Bishop Bancroft, and destroyed in 1644 by the royalist governor of Oxford, to prevent it from being garrisoned by the parliamentarians; and is a plain edifice, built in 1679 by Bishop Fell. The chapel connected with it is in the decorated English style; and was built, in 1846, by Bishop Wilberforce. The ecclesiastical training college, opposite the Palace, is also in the decorated English style; was opened in 1854; and contains a common hall, a dining hall, a chapel, and rooms for a vice-principal and 21 students. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £260.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is cruciform, with massive central tower; was built at the period of transition from Norman to early English; shows fine features of that period; and contains the grave of Bishop Bancroft, and mural monuments of Bishops Moss and Jackson. The churchyard has a touching epitaph on a daughter of Bishop Lowth. The p. curacy of Wheatley is a separate benefice. An endowed school has £45; and other charities £49.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
| Linked entities: | |
|---|---|
| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cuddesdon CP/AP Headington RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Cuddesdon |
Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.