Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Deddington

Deddington, small market town and par., N. Oxfordshire, near Oxford Canal, 6 miles S. of Banbury and 80 miles NW. of London, 4243 ac., pop. 1958; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Tuesday. D. is an ancient place, .dating from the Saxon era. It sent 2 members to the Parliaments of Edward I. On the E. side of the town are vestiges of a large castle, of unknown antiquity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small market town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Deddington CP/AP       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Deddington

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