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Middleton Cheney
Middleton Cheney is a large village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) east of Banbury in Oxfordshire and about 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Brackley. The A422 road between Banbury and Brackley used to pass through Middleton Cheney, but now bypasses it to the south.
The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population (including Thenford) as 3,597.
The village's name means "middle farm" or "middle settlement". John de Chendut held the manor in the 12th century.
Traces of Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman settlements have been found in the parish. An open field system of farming prevailed in the parish until the 18th century. Parliament passed the Middleton Cheney Inclosure Act 1769 (9 Geo. 3. c. 102 Pr.) and the parish was surveyed for its inclosure awards in 1770. There is a row of 19th-century almshouses on the former main road through the village.
In 1847 Parliament passed the Buckinghamshire Railway Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. ccxxxvi) for the Buckinghamshire Railway to build an extension to Banbury. It was built through the south of Middleton Cheney parish, and Farthinghoe railway station was opened in the parish in 1851. It was in the southeast corner of the parish, 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) from the village, on the main road to Brackley. British Railways closed the station in 1952 and the railway in 1963.
The Holt was a house in the parish designed by William Wilkinson. It built in 1864 and demolished in 1973.
The parish used to include the village of Overthorpe, which is now a separate parish.
The Church of England parish church of All Saints is early 14th-century Decorated Gothic. The windows have been renewed but the south doorway is original. The nave has a clerestory, north and south aisles and four-bay arcades.
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Middleton Cheney
Middleton Cheney is a large village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) east of Banbury in Oxfordshire and about 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Brackley. The A422 road between Banbury and Brackley used to pass through Middleton Cheney, but now bypasses it to the south.
The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population (including Thenford) as 3,597.
The village's name means "middle farm" or "middle settlement". John de Chendut held the manor in the 12th century.
Traces of Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman settlements have been found in the parish. An open field system of farming prevailed in the parish until the 18th century. Parliament passed the Middleton Cheney Inclosure Act 1769 (9 Geo. 3. c. 102 Pr.) and the parish was surveyed for its inclosure awards in 1770. There is a row of 19th-century almshouses on the former main road through the village.
In 1847 Parliament passed the Buckinghamshire Railway Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. ccxxxvi) for the Buckinghamshire Railway to build an extension to Banbury. It was built through the south of Middleton Cheney parish, and Farthinghoe railway station was opened in the parish in 1851. It was in the southeast corner of the parish, 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) from the village, on the main road to Brackley. British Railways closed the station in 1952 and the railway in 1963.
The Holt was a house in the parish designed by William Wilkinson. It built in 1864 and demolished in 1973.
The parish used to include the village of Overthorpe, which is now a separate parish.
The Church of England parish church of All Saints is early 14th-century Decorated Gothic. The windows have been renewed but the south doorway is original. The nave has a clerestory, north and south aisles and four-bay arcades.
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