In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Haseley like this:
HASELEY (Great), a township and a parish in Thame district, Oxford. The township lies 3 miles W of Tetsworth, and 5¼ SW of Thame r. station; and has a post office under Tetsworth. Real property, £2, 665. Pop., 498. Houses, 110. The parish contains also the township of Little Haseley, the liberty of Rycote, and the hamlets of Latchford and Lobb. ...
Acres, 3, 219. Real property, £6, 068. Pop., 714. Houses, 156. The property is divided among a few. The manor was given by the Conqueror to Milo Crispin; and passed to the Bassets, the Brothertons, the Pipards, the Lenthalls, and ithers. Haseley Court is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £728. Pa. trons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is ancient; was recently repaired and beautified; has a fine entrance porch, and a lofty embattled tower; and contains stone stalls and an altar tomb. There are an Independent chapel, and considerable charity estates for schools, apprenticing, and the poor. Leland, the antiquary, was rector; and Delafield, the author of a histoi.y of the parish, was a native.
Great Haseley through time
Great Haseley is now part of South Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Haseley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Haseley in South Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9828
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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