CHESTERTON, a parish in the hundred of PLOUGHLEY, county of OXFORD, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Bicester, containing 392 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £7- 8. 9., and in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.