WROXTON, a parish, with Balscott chapelry, in Banbury district, Oxford; 3¾ miles WNW of Banbury r. station. It has a post-office under Banbury. Acres, 2,350. Real property, £5,643. Pop., 751. Houses, 171. W. Abbey is the seat of Col. North; was built in 1618 by Sir W. Pope; occupies the site of an Augustinian priory, founded in the time of Henry III. by M. Belet, and given at the dissolution to Sir T. Pope; retains some arches and other parts of the ancient priory; presents the appearance of a fine Tudor manor-house : and contains a valuable collection of family portraits. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value £137. Patron, Col. North. The church is later English. There are a chapel of ease in Balscott, Independent and Wesleyan chapels, two national schools, and charities £33.

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