Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire

Description
Marsh Gibbon, a village and a parish in Buckinghamshire. The village stands near the Oxford and Bletchley branch of the L. & N.W.R., 1 mile S from Marsh Gibbon and Poundon station, 1 E of the boundary with Oxfordshire, 2 1/2 miles N of Akeman Street, and 4 1/2 E by N of Bicester, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Bicester. The parish comprises 2818 acres; population, 696. The parish council, under the Local Government Act, 1894, consists of seven members. The manor and much of the land belong to the trustees of the Eweime Almshouses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford ; net value, £440 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Early English and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transept, S porch, and an embattled western tower. There are a Congregational chapel and some small charities.