Ducklington, Oxfordshire

Description
Ducklington, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands on the river Windrush, 1 1/2 mile S of Witney town and station on the G.W.R. The parish includes also the chapelry of Hardwick. It has a post office under Witney; money order and telegraph office, Witney. Acreage, 1934 ; population, 439. Cokethorpe Park, the seat of the Strickland family, is a fine mansion standing in a park of 170 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford, with the chapelry of Hardwick annexed; net yearly value, £380 with residence. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is an ancient and interesting building of stone in mixed styles, has a rich north aisle, with stone carvings, and contains a Norman font and a remarkable altar-piece. Hardwick, which is a separate parish for civil purposes (population, 100), contains a small and very ancient church.