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MIDDLETON-STONEY, a village and a parish in Bicester district, Oxford. The village stands 3 miles E by S of Heyford r. station, and 3¼ W by N of Bicester; is a very pretty place; was once a market town; and has a post office under Bicester. The parish comprises 1,834 acres. Real property, £2,191. Pop., 259. Houses, 66. The manor belonged anciently to W. Longsword; passed to the Lacys and others; and belongs now to the Earl of Jersey. Middleton House is the Earl's seat; succeeded a previous mansion, destroyed by fire in 1753; contains some interesting portraits; and stands in a beautiful park. A castle of the Norman times stood near the church; and the foundations of it can still be traced. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church stands in the middle of the park; is transition Norman, in good condition; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel, with embattled tower; has a good early English arcade outside the tower; and includes, on the N side, a recent and beautifully decorated mortuary chapel of the Earl of Jersey.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Middleton Stoney AP/CP Bicester RegD/PLU Oxfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Middleton Stoney |
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