Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PIDDINGTON

PIDDINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Bicester district, Oxford; under Muswell hill, at the boundary with Bucks, 4¾ miles S E of Bicester r. station. Post-town, Brill, under Thame. Acres, 2, 322. Real property, £2, 759. Pop., 389. Houses, 86. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Mrs. Ricketts. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Parishioners. The church is of the 15th century, in good condition; and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Piddington AP/CP/Ch       Bicester RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Piddington

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