| Tiddington | |
|---|---|
 The Fox public house | |
  Tiddington Location withinOxfordshire | |
| Population | 683 (parish, withAlbury) (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP648051 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Thame |
| Postcode district | OX9 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Tiddington with Albury Parish Council |
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Tiddington is a village in thecivil parish ofTiddington-with-Albury, in theSouth Oxfordshire district, inOxfordshire, England. It is about3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) west ofThame, on theA418 road between Thame andOxford. The2011 Census recorded Tiddington-with-Albury's population as 683.[1] Tiddington is on the county boundary withBuckinghamshire. It was amanor andhamlet of the parish ofAlbury,[2] although for most of its history it has been a larger place than Albury.[3] In 1866 Tiddington became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1932 the parish was merged with Albury to form "Tiddington with Albury".[4] In 1931 the parish had a population of 163.[5]
It was recorded in 1786 that in 1737 Lady Mary Bertie, widow of the2nd Earl of Abingdon had bequeathed £100 for a school in the parish of Albury. This was invested and used to support a schoolteacher, sometimes in Albury and other times in Tiddington. By 1819 the school taught 12 boys funded by Lady Bertie's charity plus other pupils whose families paid fees. There are no records of girl pupils being admitted until 1846.[3]
In 1870 the school became aNational School, and in 1874 its new school building opened with one classroom, which had capacity for 44 pupils. It had about 30 pupils until 1926, when it was reorganised as a junior school and senior pupils were transferred to the school atGreat Haseley. In the 1950s it was still open as Tiddington with AlburyChurch of England Primary School,[3] but it has since closed.
Between 1867 and 1963 the village was served byTiddington railway station on theWycombe Railway that linkedOxford andMaidenhead.Arriva Shires & Essex bus routes 280 and X8, which link Oxford andAylesbury, serve the village.[6] TheOxfordshire WayLong-distance footpath passes through the village.
The village has apublic house, The Fox. For a few years it was a bar and restaurant called theMoti Mahal, which isUrdu for "Pearl Palace". It has now been converted back to a pub, reopened in November 2014 as The Fox and Goat, and is now a restaurant and hotel as well as a pub.[7]
Tiddington has avillage hall. There is aWaterstock and TiddingtonWomen's Institute.[8] Since 1952 an annualtug of war with the neighbouringBuckinghamshire parish ofIckford has been held each summer across theRiver Thame, which here forms the boundary between both the two parishes and the two counties.[9]
