HANDBOROUGH, a parish in the hundred of
WOOTTON, county of OXFORD, 5 miles (E.-N. E.) from
Witney, containing 885 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated
iiv the king's books at £ 11. 6. 0., and in the patronage
of the President and Fellows of St. John's College, Oxford.
The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul,
-has a fine Norman door.