a municipal borough and market-town of England, hundred of Chadlington, county and 18 miles N.W. of Oxford. It is governed by a mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors; and returned 2 members to parliament in the 30th of Edward I., and the 32nd and 33rd of Edward III. It has a town-hall, 2 churches, 3 chapels, a free grammar-school, almshouses, and several charities. The parish church is a fine large Gothic edifice. Market-day Wednesday. Pop. (1851) 2932.