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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Taynton like this:
TAYNTON, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; 1¾ mile NW by N of Burford r. station. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 1,780. Real property, £3,852. Pop., 341. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to Lord Dynevor. Excellent building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £56.* Patron, Lord Dynevor. The church is early English, and the chancel was restored in 1865. There are a slightly endowed school, and charities £8.
Taynton is now part of WEST OXFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST OXFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Taynton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Botwnnog, in Gwynedd and Caernarvonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10231
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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