STANDLAKE, a parish in the hundred of BAMPTON,
county of OXFORD, 5 miles (S.S.E.) from Witney,
containing, with part of the hamlet of Brighthampton,
643 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Oxford, rated in the kings
books at £16. 10. 10., and in the patronage of the President
and Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford. The
church is dedicated to St. Giles. Twelve poor children
are instructed for about £8. 10. per annum, arising
from the united gifts of William Plaisterer, in 1711>
and John Chambers, in 1732.