Forest Hill, Oxfordshire

Description
Forest Hill with Shotover, a parish in Oxfordshire, 1 1/2 mile NNW of Wheatley station on the G.W.R., and 5 miles E by N of Oxford. It has a post office under Oxford; money order and telegraph office, Wheatley. Area of the parish, 1979 acres; population, 343. Mary Powell, the first wife of Milton, lived here, and was married here to Milton; and some parts of her father's house are still standing. Shotover, formerly a separate parish, was in 1883 included with the extra-parochial tract of Shotover Hill Place, in the parish of Forest Hill. Shotover House, an ancient mansion standing in extensive pleasure grounds and park, was visited by Queen Elizabeth, George I., and George II. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; gross yearly value, £120 with residence. Patron, Lincoln College, Oxford. The church stands on a hill, is covered with ivy, and has a stone font under a neat wooden cover.