Shelswell (St. Ebbe)

SHELSWELL (St. Ebbe), a parish, in the union of Bicester, hundred of Ploughley, county of Oxford, 6 miles (N. N. E.) from Bicester; containing 43 inhabitants, and comprising 846a. 3r. 2p. The living is a rectory, annexed to Newton-Purcell, and valued in the king's books at £4: the tithes of Shelswell have been commuted for £186. The church is in ruins.