In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bix like this:

BIX, a parish in Henley district, Oxford; under the Chiltern hills, 2¾ miles NW of Henley-on-Thames r. station. Post Town, Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 3,075. Real property, £3,048. Pop., 392. Houses, 83. The area comprises two quondam parishes, Bixbrand in the N and Bixgibwen in the S. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £487.* Patron, the Earl of Macclesfield.

Bix through time

Bix 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 Bix itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bix, in South Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9324

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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