HARDWICKE, a parish in the hundred of
LEY, county of OXFORD, 5 miles (N.) from Bicester,
containing, with the parish of Tusmore, 98 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £5,
endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Sir H. W. Dashwood, Bart. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary.