In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ducklington like this:
DUCKLINGTON, a village and a parish in Witney district, Oxford. The village stands on the river Wind-rush, 1½ mile S of Witney town and r. station. Pop., 472. Houses, 100. The parish includes also the hamlet of Hardwicke; and its post town is Witney. Acres, 2, 440. Real property, £4, 387. ...
Pop., 606. Houses, 128. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxfo-Value, £535.* Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is later English; has a rich south aisle, with oak carvings; and contains a Norman font and a remarkable altar-piece. There are a chapel of ease and charities £18.
Ducklington through time
Ducklington 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 Ducklington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ducklington in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9625
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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