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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Coxwell like this:
COXWELL (Great), a parish in Faringdon district, Berks; 1½ mile SW of Faringdon r. station, and 4¾ NE by N of Shrivenham. Post town, Faringdon. Acres, 1, 410. Real property, £2, 340. Pop., 371. Houses, 83. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to Beaulieu abbey; and a barn built by the abbots, measuring 148 by 40, with walls 4 feet thick, is still standing. Limestone is found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £211.* Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church has two brasses; and is good. Some charities are shared with Coleshill.
Great Coxwell is now part of VALE OF WHITE HORSE District. Click here for graphs and data of how VALE OF WHITE HORSE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Coxwell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Coxwell, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1422
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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