Sandford on Thames, Oxfordshire

Description
Sandford-Upon-Thames, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire, a quarter of a mile from Littlemore station on the Wycombe, Thame, and Oxford branch of the G.W.R., and 3 1/2 miles SSE from Oxford, with a post and telegraph office under Oxford; money order office, Littlemore. Area, 1005 acres; population, 287. A preceptory of Knights Templars was founded here by Queen Maud, passed to the Hospitallers, and at the dissolution of monasteries was given to the Powells. Some traces of the old preceptory are believed to exist in a farm house which stands a little distance NW from the church. The manor and most of the land belong to the Hussey family. In the river there is good fishing for pike, perch, and roach. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £168. The church, which was restored in 1840 and 1865, is a plain building of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower. It contains some ancient tombs and a curious old bas-relief representing the Assumption of the Virgin.