| Deddington – at one time Daedintun – means ‘the place of the people of Daeda’, who was probably an early Saxon lord. By the Middle Ages things were really buzzing and haven’t stopped since. If the alphabetical list below does not provide the topic you need, then try going to the archives of The Deddington News (see below) and enter some search words. In addition you might look through the Deddington & District History Society newsletters which contain many interesting and useful articles. |
Brief Historical Overview (to follow)
Blott on the Landscape, filming scenes for the TV series
Buildings
- Castle, site of
- Archaeology
Countryside
History
Queen's University Belfast on the 1977 dig (report to follow)
Mortuary
Pest House
Royal British Legion, former axle-tree factory
Town Hall
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Church of St Peter & St Paul, a short guide
- Bells (to follow)
Choir
Clock (pdf)
History
Restoration Appeal
Windows
Wesleyan Reform Church
Clockmakers
- Church Clock (pdf)
John Fardon II, a Quaker Enigma
Quaker Clockmakers of North Oxfordshire
Deddington News
Deddington & District History Society
Feoffees(pdf)
Fire Service
Genealogy
Hayward-White (pdf)
Hempton
Historic Pictures
Ilbury
Ironstone Enquiry
Johnson’s Timber Yard, fire in 1941 (to follow)
Looking after the Poor (pdf)
Map Group Leaflets
- Churches and Chapels
Countryside
Farms and Fields
Historical Characters
Where to Eat and Drink
Walk Round Deddington
Parish & Deanery Magazine Extracts 1879–1904
People
- Berry, Sidney, oral history
Blount family
Deely, Fred, oral history
Hobart, Colonel
Knibbs family
Miscellaneous Characters Deddington Map Group
Newman, J.H., Cardinal
Risley, Rev. William Cotton (pdf)
Pubs
Schools (pdf)
Town Plan of 1808
Transportees
Virtual Walk
Other Sources:
Banbury Historical Society
Banbury Museum
Bodleian Library
Centre for Oxfordshire Studies
Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society
Oxfordshire Record Office
Oxfordshire Record Society
Bibliography:
The Story of Deddington, by Mary Vane Turner (Brackley: J. Smart & Co., 1933).
A History of Deddington, Oxfordshire, by H.M. Colvin (London: SPCK, 1963).
Victoria History of the County of Oxford, Vol. XI, ed. A. Crossley (London: Institute of Historical Research, 1983).
Discovering Deddington (Deddington: Deddington Map Group, 2000).
If you have an idea for inclusion in the history section of Deddington OnLine, please contact the history editor, Rob Forsyth.