Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DUNSTEW

DUNSTEW, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; near the river Cherwell, 2½ miles W of Somerton r. station, and 2½ SSW of Deddington. Post town, Deddington, under Oxford. Acres, 1, 370. Real property, £2, 547. Pop., 407. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £237. Patron, Sir George Dashwood, Bart. The church is ancient, and has a tower. Charities, £13.


(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: Duns Tew Parish       Woodstock Poor Law Union/Registration District       Oxfordshire Ancient County
Place: Duns Tew

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