Bletchingdon parish includes the hamlet of Enslow just over 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village.

[1] The Domesday Book records that in 1086 Robert D'Oyly held a manor of eight hides at Bletchingdon and his tenant was one Gilbert.

Gilbert was an ancestor of Roger d'Amory, who was Lord of the Manor of Bletchingdon until he died in prison in 1322.

[5] Before 1151 Ralph Fitzniel and his mother Agnes gave half a hide at Bletchingdon to the Knights Templar preceptory at Cowley.

In the reign of Edward II the Templars were suppressed and in 1513 the Knights Hospitaller held the same half hide at Bletchingdon.

In the 13th century other benefactors gave lands at Bletchingdon to the abbey, and in 1291 they were assessed as part of its Hampton Gay estate.

[5] On the east front of Manor Farm youse is a medallion with a bust, traditionally supposed to represent Oliver Cromwell.

Robert and William Cor of Aldbourne,[11] Wiltshire cast the tenor bell in 1710.

[12] 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.

[13] Bletchingdon village is on a road that in the Middle Ages was the main route linking London and Worcester.

[17] It was originally called The Blackamoor Head, probably after a black man-servant of the local Dashwood family, who is buried in Kirtlington chapel.

[5][clarification needed] Other theories about this pub are that it was named for battle honours attributed to a local military family, or perhaps in honour of King Charles II ("the black boy"), or it could be to do with livery[18] of royal coach companies that stopped here.

In 1788 the Oxford Canal reached Enslow, bringing much cheaper coal from the English Midlands to the area.

[22] The nearest railway station is now Tackley on the Cherwell Valley Line, 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Bletchingdon.