Place:


Bucknell  Oxfordshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bucknell like this:

BUCKNELL, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; near the Oxford and Bletchley railway, 2½ miles NW of Bicester. Post Town, Bicester. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £2,434. Pop., 326. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. Bucknell House is the seat of the Drakes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is early English, with a Norman tower; and has a brass of 1638. Charities, £11.

Bucknell through time

Bucknell is now part of Cherwell district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cherwell has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bucknell itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bucknell, in Cherwell and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9425

Date accessed: 04th December 2024


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