Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHARLTON-UPON-OTMOOR

CHARLTON-UPON-OTMOOR, a village and a parish in Bicester district, Oxford. The village stands adjacent to the river Ray, near the Roman road over Otmoor, and near the Oxford and Bletchley railway, 2½ miles NE of Islip r. station, and 5 SSW of Bicester. The parish includes also the hamlets of Fencott and Murcott. Post Town, Islip, under Oxford. Acres, 1,864. Real property, £1,831. Pop., 687. Houses, 152. The property is much subdivided. Part of the land is marshy. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported.* Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church is cruciform, early English, and good; and contains a richly-carved oaken rood screen, stone stalls, and an ancient brass. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Charlton on Otmoor AP/CP       Bicester RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Charlton on Otmoor

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