Garsington

"GARSINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Bullingdon, county Oxford, 2.5 miles S.W. of Wheatley, its post town, and 5 S.E. of Oxford. It is situated W. of the river Thame, about 5 miles from its junction with the Thames. This was formerly a barony, and belonged to the De-la-Mare family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford, value £482, in the patronage of Trinity Col loge, Oxford. The church is an old edifice, dedicated to St. Mary, and has a brass of 1484. The charities amount to about £4 per annum. An old mansion here was the seat of Sir T. Pope, founder of the above college at Oxford." [The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]