In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Steeple Barton like this:
BARTON-STEEPLE, a township and a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford. The township lies on a tributary of the Cherwell river, 2 ½ miles W of Heyford r. station, and 4½ SSW of Deddington. The parish includes also the townships of Middle-Barton and-Seswells-Barton; and its Post Town is Lower Heyford, under Oxford. ...
Acres, 2,710. Real property, £3,981. Pop., 859. Houses, 204. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged for centuries to the Dormers, passed in 1750 to Sir Clement Cottrell, and belongs now to H. Hall, Esq.; and the mansion on it is a picturesque structure of 1524, enlarged tastefully by the present proprietor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £123.* Patrons, the Duke of Marlborough and H. Hall, Esq. The church is an ancient edifice, recently restored. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Steeple Barton through time
Steeple Barton 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 Steeple Barton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Steeple Barton in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9258
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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