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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cherwell like this:
CHERWELL, a river of Northampton and Oxford. It rises at Charwelton, in Northampton; and runs about 50 miles southward, past Edgcott, Banbury, Deddington, Steeple-Aston, Kirthington, Islip, and Marston, to the Thames in the southern vicinity of Oxford. It is joined by the Snere on the right, a little above Deddington; and by the Ray, on the left at Islip. Most of its course is closely followed by the Oxford canal, and by the Oxford and Rugby railway.
Cherwell is now part of CHERWELL District. Click here for graphs and data of how CHERWELL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cherwell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cherwell in Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17232
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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