NUNEHAM-COURTNEY, a parish in the hundred
of BULLINGTON, county of OXFORD, 6 miles (S. S. E.)
from Oxford, containing 312 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese .of Oxford,
rated in the king's books at.£15. 6. 0., and in the
patronage of the Archbishop of York. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, is an elegant building of the
Ionic order, erected in 1764, at the expense of Simon,
Earl of Harcourt. The parish is bounded on the west
by the river Isis. Nuneham gives the inferior title of
viscount to the Earl of Harcourt, who has a splendid
mansion and park here.