Description
Garsington, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands 3 miles E of the Thames, 3 SW from Wheatley station on the G.W.R., and 5 SE of Oxford; is a pretty place with some curious old houses, and has a post office under Oxford; money order and telegraph office, Wheatley. The parish comprises 2233 acres; population, 589. The living is rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net yearly value, £412 with residence. Patron, Trinity College, Oxford. The church is an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, has some interesting features of Decorated English.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
