In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cherwell like this:
CHERWELL, a river of Northampton and Oxford. It rises at Charwelton, in Northampton; and runs about 50 miles southward, past Edgcott, Banbury, Deddington, Steeple-Aston, Kirthington, Islip, and Marston, to the Thames in the southern vicinity of Oxford. It is joined by the Snere on the right, a little above Deddington; and by the Ray, on the left at Islip. Most of its course is closely followed by the Oxford canal, and by the Oxford and Rugby railway.
Cherwell through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cherwell in Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17232
Date accessed: 17th January 2025
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