Kidlington is a large village and civil parish in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. It is located 8 km (5 miles) north of Oxford (though it is only a mile edge to edge) and 27 km (17 miles) south of Banbury, between the River Cherwell and the Oxford Canal. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury alongside the Oxford Canal, with Banbury Museum in the background Banbury is a market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. ... The River Cherwell is a river which flows through the midlands of England. ...

Kidlington is a contender for largest village in England (as well as Europe) with a population, including contiguous Gosford and Water Eaton (in Gosford and Water Eaton parish), but not neighbouring Yarnton or Begbroke, of over 17,500 (compared to 1,300 in 1901). Kidlington parish had a population of 13,719 according to the 2001 census (2006 est. 14,000). It has so far resisted proposals to become a town. Following a peremptory change by the Parish Council to Town status, the change was voted down in a ballot of the local electorate by 98%, and reversed. Several villages claim to be the largest village in England. ... Gosford and Water Eaton is a civil parish in the Cherwell district of the English county of Oxfordshire. ... Yarnton is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire on the A44 road. ... Begbroke is a village and civil parish in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England. ...

Was originally called Cudelinga tun, derived from the tun (Anglo-Saxon word meaning settlement) of the Kidlings or sons of Cydel-hence. By 1214 the spelling Kedelinton appears in a Calendar of Bodleian Charters.

At the edge of the village lies St Mary The Virgin church, a grade 1 listed building dating from 1220, with a Tudor rectory and 220ft spire. There is evidence of a church on the site from 1073. The settlement, mentioned in Domesday (1086) grew steadily from an ancient village adjacent to the church. Here there are as many 18th century (Georgian) buildings as modern houses. Until the Enclosure acts in 1818, a large section south of the village was unenclosed common land, and the village was widely known as Kidlington-on-the-Green. Just prior to World War II, this land was built up in an estate known as Garden City. This article is about the 11th century census. ... The Inclosure Acts were a number of United Kingdom Acts of Parliament which inclosed common land in the country. ...

Since 1945 many other estates have been built and today Kidlington has a modern shopping centre, library, large village hall, market and many modern dwellings. There is a good number of Pubs, cafes and restaurants in the village centre as well as dispersed through the village.

The village is home to the Headquarters of The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, as well as the Thames Valley Police and the County St. John Ambulance. Kidlington is also home to Oxford Airport, which has had a pilot training school since 1962. It has trained thousands of pilots for many airlines in over 40 different countries. Fox FM's "Flying Fox" helicopter is also based there. There are several industrial and business parks in the north of the village. The major European publishing company Elsevier has its UK head office in Kidlington. ... Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office police services in England and the largest non-metropolitan one, covering 2200 sq mi (5,700 km²) and a population of 2. ... St. ... Oxford Airport (IATA: OXF, ICAO: EGTK), also known as Oxford (Kidlington) Airport is a small private airport located near Kidlington in Oxfordshire. ... Elseviers logo. ...

There is a secondary school (Gosford Hill) and a handful of primary schools to deal with the expanding population.

The most famous resident of Kidlington is Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, who still has a property in the village. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... The Virgin Group Ltd is a group of separately run companies that each use Virgin brand of English celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. ...

Strangely, the village lacks a railway station, in spite of being on the Cherwell Valley Line. The smaller village of Tackley to the north retains its station, where Kidlington did not. The Cherwell Valley Line is the railway line from Didcot to Banbury via Oxford. ... Tackley is a village ten miles north of Oxford, England, six miles north of Kidlington (the largest village in England) and twelve miles south of Banbury. ...

Suburbs of Kidlington

If a village can be said to have suburbs.

• Gosford
• Garden City
• Water Eaton

External links

• Kidlington Old Boys Football Club Website
• Waverley Avenue Residents Association
• Official website
• This is Oxfordshire website: Kidlington & District Historical Society
• 'Kidlington: Introduction', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12
• Gosford Hill School
• Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Kidlington

Coordinates: 51°49′N 1°17′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...