In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Launton like this:
LAUNTON, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; on the Oxford and Bletchley railway, near the boundary with Bucks, 2 miles E of Bicester. It has a station on the railway, and its post town is Bicester. Acres, 3, 550. Real property, £3, 907. Pop., 711. Houses, 163. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £618.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church has a rude exterior, a very ancient rude tower, an agreeable interior, a nave early and decorated English, and a chancel early Tudor; and was improved in 1844. There are an Independent chapel and national schools.
Launton through time
Launton is now part of Cherwell district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cherwell has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Launton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Launton, in Cherwell and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9915
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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