In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cassington like this:
CASSINGTON, a village and a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford. The village stands near the river Isis, and near Handborough Junction r. station, 5 miles NW of Oxford. The parish includes also the hamlet of Warton; and its Post Town is Oxford. Acres, 2,990. Real property, £2,899. Pop., 433. Houses, 92. The manor belonged anciently to the Montacutes, and had a castle. The paper mill of Oxford university is here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £166. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church was built by Geoffrey de Clinton, chamberlain to Henry II.
Cassington through time
Cassington 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 Cassington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cassington in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9439
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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