Bladon
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Bladon is a village and civil parish on the River Glyme about Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. It is where Sir Winston Churchill is buried. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 898.[1]
Places of worship
St Martin's Church
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The parish of St Martin's includes Blenheim Palace, the family seat of the Duke of Marlborough. Most members of the Spencer-Churchill family are buried in St Martin's parish churchyard at Bladon; only the Dukes and Duchesses are interred in the Blenheim Palace chapel. Blenheim Palace is also the birthplace of Winston Churchill, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1940–45 and again 1951–55. Like his parents, he was buried in St. Martin's parish churchyard after his death, in 1965; his wife Clementine was buried in the same grave after her death 12 years later.
Methodist church
A Methodist congregation was established in Bladon by 1820 and built its first chapel in 1843.Template:Sfn In 1877, a new chapel was built copying the Early English style of the 13th century.Template:Sfn It is now Bladon Methodist Church and belongs to the Oxford Methodist Circuit.[2]
School
In 1858 the Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the 7th Duke, provided a new Gothic Revival buildingTemplate:Sfn to found a school in Bladon.Template:Sfn The building was enlarged in 1890.Template:Sfn It was known as the Duchess of Marlborough's school, but in 1937 its ownership was transferred from the Duchy of Marlborough to Bladon parochial church council.Template:Sfn In 1940 it was reorganised as a junior school, with most senior pupils from Bladon thereafter going to secondary school in Woodstock.Template:Sfn Since 1954 the school has been a Church of England primary school.[3]
Amenities
Bladon has one public house, the White House, which is now owned by the community.[4]
Stagecoach West route S7 serves Bladon seven days a week. Buses run twice an hour to Witney via Long Hanborough in one direction, and to Oxford via Woodstock, Kidlington, and Template:Rws in the other.[5]
References
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- ↑ Oxford Methodist Circuit
- ↑ Bladon Church of England Primary School
- ↑ The White House Community Pub
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Sources
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External links
- Bladon Parish Council
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