Middleton Cheney
| Middleton Cheney | |
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 All Saints' parish church |
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 Middleton Cheney
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| Middleton Cheney shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 3,597 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP5041 |
| • London | 72 miles (116 km) |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Banbury |
| Postcode district | OX17 |
| Dialling code | 01295 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Middleton Cheney village website |
Middleton Cheney is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) east of Banbury in Oxfordshire and about 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Brackley. The A422 road between Banbury and Brackley used to pass through Middleton Cheney, but now bypasses it to the south.
The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population (including Thenford) as 3,597.
Traces of Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman settlements have been found in the parish. An open field system of farming prevailed in the parish until the 18th century. Parliament passed an Inclosure Act for the parish in 1769 and the parish was surveyed for its inclosure awards in 1770. There is a row of 19th-century almshouses on the former main road through the village.
In 1847 Parliament passed a bill for the Buckinghamshire Railway to build an extension to Banbury. It was built through the south of Middleton Cheney parish, and Farthinghoe railway station was opened in the parish in 1851. It was in the southeast corner of the parish, 1 3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) from the village, on the main road to Brackley. British Railways closed the station in 1952 and the railway in 1963.
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