ASTHALL, a parish in the hundred of BAMPTON,
county of OXFORD, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Burford,
containing, with the hamlet of Asthall-Leigh, 365 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford, rated in the king's
books at £7. 9. 4§., and in the patronage of the Provost
and Fellows of Eton College. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas, In this parish is a barrow df
considerable height, supposed to be a sepulchral monument,
near which the Roman Akeman-street passes.
Sir George Fettiplace bequeathed £6 per annum for
the instruction of six girls, with a house for the mistress;
he also left £ 5 per annum for apprenticing poor
boys.