Lewknor, Oxfordshire

Description
Lewknor, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands near Icknield Street, under the Chilterns, 2 1/4 miles NE of Watlington, and 1 mile W of Aston Rowant station on the G.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Tetsworth. Acreage of the civil parish, 2667; population, 428; of the ecclesiastical, 451. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £214 with residence. Patrons, All Souls' College, Oxford. The church, a fine building of flint with dressings of stone, is of various dates, having a Late Norman nave and chancel arch, with a mortuary chapel, a Decorated English chancel and S aisle, and a square tower of Perpendicular date; it contains a curious rich Norman font, a brass of 1380, some very interesting monuments, both ancient and modern, and eight stained windows. The hamlets of Postcombe, Stutridge, and Well-ground are included in the ecclesiastical parish, but for civil purposes the two latter are attached to Stokenchurch. Lewknor has a parish council of five members.