Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TACKLEY

TACKLEY, a parish, with a village, in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the Oxford and Birmingham railway, near Kirtlington r. station, and 3 miles NE by N of Woodstock. It has a post-office under Oxford. Acres, 2,850. Real property, £3,502. Pop., 626. Houses, 125. The property is divided among a few. T. Park is the seat of Mrs. Evetts. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £750.* Patron, St. John's College, Oxford.. The church is cruciform, with central tower; and was restored in 1863. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Tackley Parish       Woodstock Poor Law Union/Registration District       Oxfordshire Ancient County
Place: Tackley

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