In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Tew like this:
TEW (Great), a parish, with a village, in Chipping-Norton district, Oxford; 5½ miles ENE of Chipping-Norton r. station. It has a post-office under Enstone-Acres, 3,140. Real property, £5,061. Pop., 454. Houses, 94. The manor belonged to the Raynsfords; passed to the Tanfields, the Falklands, the Kecks and others; and, with Great Tew House, belongs now to M. P. Boulton, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £134.* Patron, M. P. Boulton, Esq. The church is chiefly early and later English. There are a national school, and charities £36.
Great Tew through time
Great Tew 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 Great Tew itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Tew in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10234
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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