MERTON, a parish in the hundred of BULLINGTON,
county of OXFORD, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Bicester,
containing 163 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Oxford,
rated in the king's books at £8, and in the patronage
of the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford.
The church is dedicated to St. Swithin.