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Bladon Snippets from the Past

By Mary F. Sitch · From July 2026 · Online 19 August 2026

Village roads in Bladon - one road was known by several names and there was a great deal of aggravation as to which should be officially confirmed.

Grigg’s Hill led up to the Green which was then a hard, tarmac surface already used as a contested parking place. Following a threatening episode involving a spade the Parish Council decided to grass it over and rail it off. Some knew it as Lion Hill.