In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glympton like this:
GLYMPTON, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the river Glyme, 3½ miles NNW of Woodstock, and 4 NW of Kirtlington r. station. Post town, Kiddington, under Woodstock. Acres, 1, 232. Real property, £1, 226. Pop., 153. Houses, 34. The property is all in one estate. Glympton Park is the seat of E. Way, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £258.* Patron, E. Way, Esq. The church is good; and has a fine monument to Thomas Teasdale, who founded Pembroke college in Oxford.
Glympton through time
Glympton is now part of West Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Glympton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glympton in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9695
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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