Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUCKNELL

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bucknell AP/CP       Bicester RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Bucknell

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