In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Caversfield like this:
CAVERSFIELD, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; near the Oxford and Bletchley railway, 1½ mile N of Bicester. Post Town, Bicester. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £2,142. Pop., 183. Houses, 30. The property is divided among a few. Caversfield House is the seat of the Marsham family. Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £69. Patron, R. B. Marsham, Esq. The church is old, of various dates, but good; and has a Norman porch and a very ancient font.
Caversfield through time
Caversfield is now part of Cherwell district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cherwell has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Caversfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Caversfield, in Cherwell and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9484
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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