WESTWELL, a parish in the hundred of BAMPTON, county of OXFORD, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Burford, containing 160 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 9., and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.