Kiddington

[3] The toponym is Old English, recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Chidintone, meaning "estate of a man named Cydda".

[5] After the Norman conquest of England the manor was held successively by the De Salcey, Willescote or Williamscote, Babington, Browne and Browne-Mostyn families.

[6] After the English Reformation the Browne family were recusants with their own Roman Catholic chapel and priest, and they ensured the survival of Catholicism in this part of Oxfordshire.

[7] Kiddington Hall was built in 1673, and in the 18th century "Capability" Brown laid out the gardens.

[8] In 1850 the architect Charles Barry rebuilt the house so completely that no external trace of the original building is visible, added a new stable block and remodelled the gardens.

[8] In 1845 the chancel was rebuilt in its present apsidal form on the original Norman foundations to designs by George Gilbert Scott.

[8] In 1848 the Perpendicular Gothic east window was removed and re-used to form sedilia.

17th century dovecote in the grounds of Kiddington Hall
St Nicholas' parish church from the south. On the right is the Norman Revival apsidal chancel designed by G.G. Scott.
Kiddington Kindergarten, formerly the parish school