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Wardington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Banbury. The village consists of two parts: Wardington and Upper Wardington. The village is on a stream that rises in Upper Wardington and flows north to join the River Cherwell.
WARDINGTON is an inviting and pleasing stone-built, tile, slate and thatch roofed village in the extreme north-east corner of Oxfordshire lying on high ground between 400-500 feet (122-152 m.) above sea level.
From as far back in history as one can trace, Wardington Church was linked to the church of Cropredy until 1851 when it was created a Perpetual Curacy by the Bishop of Oxford and continued as such until the 1970s when the United Benefice of Cropredy, Wardington and Great Bourbon was created.
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In 1086Wardington was part of the Bishop of Lincoln'sCropredy manor, but its hidage is unknown. Muchof Wardington (47 yardlands in 1279) and the wholeof Coton (9 yardlands) later lay in the bishop'sdemesne. (fn. 51) In 1316 the bishop was returned as lordof Wardington, (fn. 52) which was among the places wherehe alleged breach of free warren in 133...
The existence of a largeepiscopal estate at Wardington meant that the township was largely peopled and cultivated by thebishop's villeins. A survey of c. 1225 lists 59 yardlands held of the bishop in villeinage in Wardington(probably including part of Williamscot) and Coton;52 villeins each held 1 yardland, 3 held 2 yardlandseach, and 2 each held ½...
No original records ofpoor relief have survived for Wardington, which foradministrative purposes included Williamscot andCoton. In 1776 £310 was spent on the poor, £29 onrents for houses, and £8 on litigation and removalexpenses. (fn. 260) In 1783–5 the total average expenditure,despite inclosure of the chapelry, fell to £256 but 20years later it w...
Wardington chapel was in existence bythe 12th century at least. (fn. 264) It was dependent on themother church of Cropredy until 1851, when it wascreated a perpetual curacy in the gift of the Bishopof Oxford, the parish containing the hamlets ofWilliamscot and Coton. (fn. 265) The endowment of the new benefice consistedpartly of a modus of £59 16s....
Nonconformity took rootat Wardington earlier than elsewhere in the Cropredyarea: the house of Thomas Acrill was registered as ameeting-house in 1690. (fn. 314) It is not known what denomination it served, but was probably not Quakersince Acrill does not appear in the Quaker registersof the period. Two Quaker families lived in Williamscot at the tim...
The chief school in the townshipwas the free school at Williamscot founded byWalter Calcott in 1574, which is described brieflyelsewhere. (fn. 325) Though located in Williamscot theschool served the parish as a whole; the hamlet coulditself send six children to the school, chosen by lot,and later an additional two chosen by the Vicar ofCropredy and...
In 1703 WilliamHealey bequeathed £92 12s. and in 1771 ConstanceDenton (d. 1773) bequeathed £100 to the poor ofWardington, Williamscot, and Coton. In 1786 £710s. interest on the bequests was distributed amongthose poor not in receipt of parish relief. (fn. 357) Thecapital was applied (c. 1820), together with moneyraised locally, to purchase land on ...
Wardington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles northeast of Banbury. The village consists of two parts: Wardington and Upper Wardington. Map.
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A large church built on a slight rise in the centre of an attractive ironstone village on the northernmost boundary of the county. The chancel contains some Norman remains but otherwise the church is largely 13th and 14th century with two arcades and some good Decorated windows.
