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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stowood like this:
STOW-WOOD, a parish in Headington district, Oxford; 3¾ miles SE by S of Islip r. station. Post town, Oxford. Acres, 640. Real property, £400. Pop., 27. Houses, 6. There is no church.
Stowood is now part of SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stowood itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stowood, in South Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10215
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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