Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

Description
Brize-Norton, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands 3 miles N by E of Bampton, and 4 SW of Witney. It has a post office (S.O.) under Bampton, which is the money order and telegraph office. Bampton station on the G.W.R. is in this parish. Acreage, 3265; population, 610. The living is a discharged vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net yearly value, £150 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, with an Early English tower at the W end, which has a good parapet. There is a fine Norman doorway in the south porch, and a beautiful ancient screen separating the nave from the chancel. The church was restored in 1868 by the late Mr. G. E. Street. There is also a Primitive Methodist chapel.