In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Charlton on Otmoor like this:
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.
Charlton on Otmoor through time
Charlton on Otmoor is now part of Cherwell district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cherwell has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Charlton on Otmoor itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Charlton on Otmoor, in Cherwell and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9528
Date accessed: 04th November 2024
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