page_title: Bletchingdon
section_title: Parish church
hierarchical_section_title: Bletchingdon / Parish church
caption_attribution_description: English: Porch of parish church of St Giles, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, seen from the south
context_page_description: Bletchingdon is a village and civil parish 2 miles north of Kidlington and 6 miles southwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Bletchingdon parish includes the hamlet of Enslow just over 1 mile west of the village. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 910.
context_section_description: The Church of England parish church of Saint Giles includes traces of Norman architecture. Its Early English Gothic chancel is slightly later, built in the 13th century. Charles Buckeridge designed the north aisle, which was added probably in 1869. The church was heavily restored to Buckeridge's designs in 1878. It is a Grade II* listed building.
  The west tower has a ring of six bells. Robert and William Cor of Aldbourne, Wiltshire cast the tenor bell in 1710. Edward Hemins of Bicester cast the second bell in 1738. Matthew III Bagley of Chacombe, Northamptonshire cast the fifth bell in 1774. James Barwell of Birmingham cast the third and fourth bells in 1877. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble bell in 1998. The church has a Sanctus bell, also cast by James Barwell in 1877.
  St Giles' is now part of the Benefice of Akeman, which includes the parishes of Chesterton, Hampton Gay, Kirtlington, Middleton Stoney, Wendlebury and Weston-on-the-Green.
caption: St Giles parish church porch, added in 1695, with four-centred arch
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