HANWELL, a parish in the hundred of BLOXHAM, county of OXFORD, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Banbury, containing 286 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £17.16. 0., and in the patronage of the Lord of the Manor. The church is dedicated to St. Peter, There are some remains of a castle belonging to the family of Cope.