In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Checkendon like this:
CHECKENDON, or Chakenden, a parish in Henley district, Oxford: under the Chiltern hills, 4½ miles E by S of Wallingford Road r. station, and 7½ W of Henley-on-Thames. It has a post office under Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 3, 063. Real property, £2, 479. Pop., 357. Houses, 74. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £555. Patron, University College. Oxford. The church is Norman, was restored in 1869, and has some old brasses.
Checkendon through time
Checkendon 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 Checkendon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Checkendon in South Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9530
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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