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Blackthorn is a village and civil parish in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire about 3 mile (5 km) southeast of Bicester. The parish is bounded by the River Ray to the south, tributaries of the Ray to the east and north and field boundaries to the west. The parish's eastern boundary forms part of the county's with Buckinghamshire. The old village lies between the A41 and B4011 main roads. Newer housing on the east side of the neighbouring village of Ambrosden is in the parish of Blackthorn. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 317.

Iron Age pottery has been found at Blackthorn. The course of Akeman Street Roman road passes through the parish, which may explain why Roman pottery has also been found here. The stretch of Akeman Street through the parish is now part of the A41 trunk road.

Blackthorn's toponym is derived from the Old English blaec þorn or þyrne. Blackthorn then changed hands a number of times. By the 1820s Alderman Richard Cox of Oxford owned it and in 1852 James Morrell, presumably of the Morrells Brewery family, was lord of the manor. The Church of England parish of Ambrosden includes Blackthorn, which therefore does not have its own Church of England parish church. However, Rev. Charles Bagshawe, who was vicar of Ambosden 1866–1884, ran a mission room in Blackthorn. The Church Charity was a local charity that let out land and property in Blackthorn to pay for the upkeep of Ambrosden Parish Church. The charity is known to have been in existence by 1336, when it owned two cottages, a close and half a yardland. In 1825 it owned one cottage, a close and
Towards the end of the 18th century Blackthorn experienced increases in both population and poverty. An agricultural depression followed, and the Church Charity responded by reducing its land rents in Blackthorn in 1805 and again between 1822 and 1830. Overcrowding and an insanitary water supply led to a cholera epidemic in 1823 that killed at least 27 people. However, the population continued to increase, partly because Blackthorn was an "open village" where it was easy for paupers from outside the parish to move in. The turnpike trust rebuilt Blackthorn Bridge over the River Ray, replacing a wooden structure with the present stone bridge. It had a butcher's shop and a garage but these too have closed. In 2002 Blackthorn celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee with a fête opened by its own Queen of Blackthorn (a young village girl) who paraded around the village and greeted every visitor with a kiss.

Blackthorn has a village hall. The village holds two or three public events annually including the village fête, a summer barbecue and often another event, for example for Halloween or carols for Christmas. Blackthorn has infrequent bus services: routes 30 and 94 operated by Charlton on Otmoor Services. The Chiltern Main Line between Birmingham Snow Hill and London Marylebone passes through the village, but there is no station stop that serves the village.