Place:


Bicester  Oxfordshire

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Bicester like this:

Bicester, par. and market town with ry. sta., in NE. of co. and 10½ miles NE. of Oxford, 3740 ac., pop. 3306; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 4 newspapers. Market-day, Friday; has lace and sacking mfrs. B. House is in the vicinity.

Bicester through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23

Date accessed: 13th October 2024


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