Description
Tackley, a parish, with a village, in Oxfordshire, on the Oxford and Birmingham section of The G.W.R., 2 miles N by W from Bletchington station, and 3 1/4 NE by N of Woodstock. It has a post office under Oxford; money order office, Kirtlington; telegraph office, Bletchington (R.S.) Acreage, 2913; population, 506. Tackley Park is the seat of the Evetts family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £490 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Oxford. The church is an interesting cruciform building of stone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, S aisle, and a central embattled tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
