Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wroxton

Wroxton, par. and vil., Oxfordshire, in N. of co.- par., 2543ac., pop. 662; vil., 3 miles NW. of Banbury; P.O.; Wroxton Abbey, seat, occupies the site and contains portions of an ancient priory founded in the time of Henry III.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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

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