In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swyncombe like this:
SWINCOMBE, or Swyncombe, a parish, with three hamlets, in Henley district, Oxford; among the Chiltern hills, 3 miles S of Watlington r. station. It has a post-office under Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 2,646. Real property, £3,320. Pop., 446. houses, 80. The manor belongs to the Rev.E. R. Keene. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £325.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored. There is a free school.
Swyncombe through time
Swyncombe is now part of South Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swyncombe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swyncombe in South Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10225
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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