Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRINGFORD

FRINGFORD, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; near the boundary with Bucks, 3½ miles N of Launton r. station, and 5 NNE of Bicester. Post town, Hethe, under Bicester. Acres, 1, 580. Real property, £2, 023. Pop., 401. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. Fringford Heath is a principal residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a fine Norman doorway, and is good.


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

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

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