In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barford St John like this:
BARFORD (St.John), a chapelry in Adderbury parish, Oxford; on a tributary of the river Cherwell, 2¼ miles WNW of Deddington, and 4 W by N of Aynho r. station. Post Town, Deddington, under Oxford. Acres, 480. Real property, £1,532. Pop., 107. Houses, 26. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Adderbury, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is ancient,,and has a Norman door.
Barford St John through time
Barford St John is now part of Cherwell district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cherwell has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barford St John itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barford St John, in Cherwell and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9229
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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