Bladon, Oxfordshire

Description
Bladon, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands adjacent to the S end of Blenheim Park, 1 1/2 mile ENE of Handborough station on the G.W.R., and 2 miles S of Woodstock. It has a post office under Woodstock, which is the money order office; telegraph office, Handborough (R.S.) Acreage, 851; population of the civil parish, 432; of the ecclesiastical, with Woodstock, 2170. The manor belongs to the Duke of Marlborough. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of New and Old Woodstock, in the diocese of Oxford ; joint net yearly value, £390 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Marlborough. The church, which was built in 1804, was restored and almost rebuilt in 1891. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.