Kirtlington, Oxfordshire

Description
Kirtlington, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands near the river Cherwell and the Oxford Canal, 1 1/2 mile E of the Bletchington station on the Oxford and Birmingham section of the G.W.R., and 4 miles NE by E of Woodstock; was known by the name of Curtelinton, and was the meeting-place in 977 of a synod at which King Edward the Martyr and St Dunstan of Canterbury were present, and has a post and money order office under Oxford; telegraph office, Bletchington. The parish comprises 3582 acres; population, 733. The manor belonged to the Bassets, passed to Thomas of Woodstock and others, and belongs now to the Dashwood family. Kirtlington Park, the seat of the Dash-wood family, is an imposing mansion of the 18th century, amid very extensive grounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £196. Patron, St John's College, Oxford. The church is partly Norman, partly of the 13th century, partly quite recent, consists of nave, aisles, chantry, and chancel, with a tower, underwent extensive repair, and bad the tower rebuilt in 1853, and the chancel in 1877, and contains a memorial window and monuments of the Dashwoods. There are a Wesleyan chapel and some small charities.