In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leafield like this:
LEAFIELD, a chapelry in Shipton-under-Wychwood parish, Oxford; in Wychwood forest, near Akemanstreet, 2¾ miles SSE of Ascott r. station, and 4 NW by N of Witney. It has a post office under Witney. Acres, 907. Real property, £2, 004. Pop., 868. Houses, 167. The property is subdivided. ...
The manor belongs to Lord Churchill. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £55. * Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church was built in 1860; is in the early English style; has a central octagonal tower and spire, 145 feet high, and contains 500 sittings. There is a national school.
Leafield through time
Leafield 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 Leafield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leafield in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9924
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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