Bicester

Bicester, a market-town of Oxfordshire, 12 miles NNE. of Oxford, and seat of the county court-house. There are manufactures of rope, clothing, sacking, and pale ale, and several important fairs are annually held. The ruins of Alia Castra, or Alcester, lie $1\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles to the south-west, on the ancient Roman Akenian Street. The population is 3343.