Cuddesdon

Coordinates: 51°43′23″N 1°07′59″W / 51.723°N 1.133°W / 51.723; -1.133
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Cuddesdon
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOxford
Postcode districtOX44
Dialling code01865
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteCuddesdon and Denton Community Website
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°43′23″N 1°07′59″W / 51.723°N 1.133°W / 51.723; -1.133

Cuddesdon is a mainly rural village and former

2001 census).[citation needed
]

History

Cuddesdon's

dormitory village.[citation needed
]

In 1961 the parish had a population of 342.[2] On 1 April 1962 the parish was abolished and merged with Denton to form "Cuddesdon and Denton".[3]

Site

The parish is bounded by the

Didcot Power Station
in the west.

The village today

Culture and events

A free monthly parish newsletter is combined with social venues and events in the village, such as the annual

Village Hall, Ripon College Cuddesdon and the farms are economically active.[citation needed
]

Ripon College Cuddesdon from the north-west, with the Chiltern escarpment visible beyond
Cuddesdon villagers and students Christmas Carolling on the village green 16 December 2007

Public policy

In November 2007 a public consultation was held on the proposed Parish Plan, a strategic document aiming to chart the hopes of the village for twenty years to come.[citation needed] Formal encouragement exists in civil parish and district planning policy to reopen a village shop, as yet unforthcoming.

Ecclesiastical presence

Parish church

Main article: Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon

Abingdon Abbey founded the Church of England parish church of All Saints in Cuddesdon in about 1180.[4] All Saints' parish belongs to the Aston and Cuddesdon Deanery of the Diocese of Oxford.

Bishop's palace

Main article: Cuddesdon Palace

Thomas Banks Strong retired in 1937.[5] For the duration of the Second World War Queen Anne's Bounty was evacuated from London and occupied the palace.[5] Thereafter, The Society of the Salutation of Mary the Virgin occupied the palace from 1946 until 1949.[5] In the 1960s the palace was in private use for a few years, but it burnt down before the end of that decade. The bishop's chapel escaped the fire and survives today.[6]

Theological college

Main article: Ripon College Cuddesdon

In 1854 Bishop Wilberforce founded Cuddesdon College on land opposite the Palace to train men to become

Anglican clergy. In 1975 the college merged with Ripon Hall to form Ripon College Cuddesdon. Due to the extent of past and present church connections, the village is also known as the "Holy Hill". It has been suggested that in Cuddesdon "the presence of the Church has been more strongly felt than perhaps anywhere else in England".[7]

Territorial designation

After his retirement in 1991, Robert Runcie, former archbishop of Canterbury, a former vicar of Cuddesdon and college principal, was granted a peerage as Baron Runcie of Cuddesdon to remain in the House of Lords.

Notable people

  • Eliza Brown, who was an early settler in the Swan River Colony (colonial Western Australia) whose letters to her father, William Bussey, of Cuddesdon, record the hardships of her family and constitute a valuable addition to early accounts of the colony, describing it in its second decade of existence. She also accompanied an exploration to Champion Bay in 1851, her account of the journey being published.
  • Sir Edward Loughlin O'Malley, former Attorney General of Hong Kong, Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements and Chief Judge of the British Supreme Consular Court at Constantinople, purchased property in what had been Denton in 1892. He died at his residence, Denton House, and was buried in Cuddesdon in 1932.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Area: Cuddesdon and Denton CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  2. A Vision of Britain through Time
    . Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Cuddesdon AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 562.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Lobel 1957, pp. 96–116.
  6. ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 563.
  7. ^ Chapman 2004[page needed]
  8. ^ A History of the County of Oxford Vol 5 and http://www.bernieworld.net/Cemeteries/Murrisk/Murrisk%20Cemetery.htm Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

Sources

External links

  • Media related to Cuddesdon at Wikimedia Commons
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