In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Handborough like this:
HANDBOROUGH, two villages and a parish in Witney district, Oxfordshire. One of the villages stands near the river Evenlode and the West Midland railway, 7¾ miles NW of Oxford; bears the name of Long Handborough; and has a station of the name of Handborough on the railway, and a post office of the name of Long Handborough, under Woodstock. ...
The other village stands ½ a mile to the S, and bears the name of Church Handborough. The parish comprises 2, 820 acres. Real property, £4, 250. Pop., 1, 059. Houses, 235. The manor belongs to the Duke of Marlborough. Gypsum is found. A considerable trade in glove making is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £353.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford. The church is of different dates, from Norman to later English; has an inner Norman door, with a curious sculpture of St. Peter; has also a good spire 130 feet high; and contains an ancient font, part of a rood loft of the 15th century, and a brass of Belsyre, the first president of St. John's College. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £20.
Handborough through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Handborough in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9823
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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