MILCOMBE, a chapelry in Bloxham parish, Oxford; near the river Swere, 4 miles WNW of Deddington, and 5½ W of Aynho r. station. Post town, Banbury. Acres, 1,380. Real property, £2,277. Pop., 241. Houses, 56. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £136. * Patron, the Vicar of Bloxham two turns, and the Rector of Wigginton one turn; subsequently, Eton College three turns, and the Rector of Wigginton one turn. The church is chiefly of the 13th century, has a tower, and was recently restored. There are a Baptist chapel, and town lands, £37.

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