BROADWELL, a parish in the hundred of BARTON,
county of OXFORD, 5 miles (S.) from Burford,
containing, with the chapelry of Holwell, and the hamlet
of Filkins, 820 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Kelmscott annexed,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated
in the king's books at £8. 14. 4£., endowed with £200
private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of E. F. Colston, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul.