Mollington, Oxfordshire

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Mollington
All Saints Mollington Geograph-2126744-by-Ian-Rob.jpg
All Saints' parish church
Mollington is located in Oxfordshire
Mollington
Mollington
 Mollington shown within Oxfordshire
Area  5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population 479 (2011 Census)
   – density  81/km2 (210/sq mi)
OS grid reference SP4447
Civil parish Mollington
District Cherwell
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Banbury
Postcode district OX16
Dialling code 01295
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Banbury
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire

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Mollington is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 479.[1]

Manor and governance

Æthelstan Ætheling, eldest son of Æthelred the Unready willed an estate at Mollington to his father in 1014 or 1015.[2] The Domesday Book records that by 1086 the manor was held by William d'Évreux, a kinsman of William the Conqueror.[2]

In 1086 Mollington was partly in three counties: Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Later the village was only in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, and in 1895 the Warwickshire part was transferred to Oxfordshire by the Local Government Act 1894.[2]

Church and chapel

Church of England

The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church of All Saints date from the 14th century, but the font is 13th century so there may have been an earlier church building on the site.[2][3] The tower was built in the 16th century.[4] The building was restored in 1856 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect William White.[5] All Saints' is a Grade II* listed building.[6]

The tower has a ring of six bells. Henry I Bagley of Chacombe,[7] Northamptonshire cast the fifth bell in 1631[8] and John Briant of Hertford[7] cast the fourth bell in 1789.[8] Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the third and tenor bells in 1875.[8] The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble and second bells in 1981,[8] completing the present ring. All Saints has also a Sanctus bell, cast by John Conyers of Yorkshire in about 1630.[8] Conyers had two bell-foundries: one in Kingston upon Hull and the other in New Malton.[7]

All Saints' parish is now part of the Benefice of Shires' Edge along with the parishes of Claydon, Cropredy, Great Bourton and Wardington.[9]

Primitive Methodist and Brethren

In 1817 a private house in Mollington was registered for non-conformist worship. Houses were registered for Methodist worship in 1821 and 1828. A Primitive Methodist minister preached in Mollington in 1835, and a red brick chapel of that denomination was built in the village in 1845. It thrived the 1850s, 60s and 70s but declined in the first half of the 20th century, and was closed in 1947.

The chapel was bought in 1950 for Brethren worship, but closed again by 1969.[2] It is now a private house.[10]

Social and economic history

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The Green Man public house

In 1872 a National School was built in the village. It was a Church of England school and was still open in 1996,[11] but has since been closed.

Mollington used to have a post office.[2]

A Point to point racing racing ground opened at Mollington in 1972. A number of hunt groups were based at the ground until its closure in 2007.[12] It has since reopened with its first event on 7 May 2012.[citation needed]

Amenities

Mollington has a public house, The Green Man, that was probably built in the middle of the 18th century.[13] It has also a village hall[14] and two children's playgrounds.

References

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External links

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Crossley 1972, p. 197–206.
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  4. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 711.
  5. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 710.
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  14. ↑ Mollington Village Hall Oxfordshire
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