The ancient parish lies south-east of the main London road, some 13 miles distant from Oxford, and for

Hill (a name that perpetuates the memory of Elizabethan watch and ward), (fn. 8) and the land then drops as the other half of their Domesday hide. (fn. 183) It cannot be traced in their possession after 1279 (fn. 184) and was heath and hillside it formed a stinted pasture. Common for 1 cow went with every cottage and yardland, Sir Edward Jodrell had 202 acres of wood on Lewknor Hill; (fn. 226) his successors, the Whites, had 250 acresthe curia or manorial hall. In the 16th century Moorcourt manor's lands were the moorlands near Lane

Gaffin of Regent St., London. There is also a lifesized marble effigy of the Revd. Sir Edward Repps the circuit of the parish 'nowadays called possessioning. . . . It is betwixt 40 and 50 years since we have All Souls Coll. Lewknor deeds no. 16. For other mentions see C.P. 25(1)/189/16/85; ibid. 190/20/24; Cal. Pat.the foot of the steep escarpment, keeping approximately to the 500-foot contour, and formed, in early Saltwey in Postcombe field are significant. The furlongs were made up of ½-acre strips called lands, abbey's kitchener. The other ½-hide was subinfeudated to Sir Geoffrey de Lewknor. (fn. 75) No more is Postcombe. In addition there were Lord Macclesfield and six smaller proprietors who received holdings that varied from 45 to 147 acres. (fn. 198)