Easington (St. Peter)
EASINGTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Thame, hundred of Ewelme, county of Oxford, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Tetsworth; containing 24 inhabitants. It comprises 200 acres; the soil is a kind of chalky loam, and the surface is elevated. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 12. 6., and in the gift of the Bishop of Lincoln: the tithes have been commuted for £73. 14., and the glebe contains nearly 6 acres.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.