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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bucknell like this:
BUCKNELL, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; near the Oxford and Bletchley railway, 2½ miles NW of Bicester. Post Town, Bicester. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £2,434. Pop., 326. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. Bucknell House is the seat of the Drakes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported.* Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is early English, with a Norman tower; and has a brass of 1638. Charities, £11.
Bucknell is now part of CHERWELL District. Click here for graphs and data of how CHERWELL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bucknell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bucknell, in Cherwell and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9425
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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