Description
Milcombe, an ecclesiastical parish in Oxfordshire, near the river Swere, 1 1/2 mile SW from Bloxham station on the G.W.R., 4 miles WNW of Deddington, and 5 1/2 W of Aynho. Post town, Banbury; money order and telegraph office, Bloxham. Population, 219. The manor belongs to Christ Church, Oxford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £161 with residence. Patrons, Eton College three turns, and the Rector of Wigginton one turn. The church, a small building of stone, is chiefly of the 13th century, consists of chancel, nave, N aisle, N porch, and an embattled western tower. There are a Baptist chapel, town lands worth about £22 a year, and a full allotment worth about £29.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
