In the late Anglo-Saxon era Bloxham was part of a large estate, belonging to the Earl of Mercia, stretching from the boundary with Tadmarton and Wigginton in the west to the River Cherwell.

[5] The name, of Anglo-Norman origin, denotes someone invested with a fief, which was often heritable land or property but could be rights or revenue.

In return for helping the poor and services such as repairing the bridges, they were bequeathed money and land by the Crown.

Until the 20th century they continued their village maintenance despite being replaced by a parish council after the Local Government Act 1894.

In the Middle Ages it was a large parish with 403 contributors to the poll tax of 1377, of whom 78 lived in neighbouring Milcombe.

King Stephen granted it to Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester, but it returned to being a royal manor in the reign of Henry II.

[5] Many of the present street names derive from families living in Bloxham in the early 16th century, e.g. Humber, Job and Budd Lane; although these may remain from Middle Ages they were not documented until 1700.

Bloxham has a large number of well-built yeomen's houses dating from this time, including Bennetts, Seal Cottage and the Joiners Arms.

John Wade, Bloxham's vicar, was identified as a ringleader and threatened with being hanged from his own church tower, but was later pardoned.

In the English Civil War the Fiennes family of Bloxham was strongly Parliamentarian and the area had a reputation as a Puritan stronghold.

It is believed that Parliamentarian troops caused the damage to the lavishly-decorated interior of St Mary's church as they passed through Bloxham.

The 19th century saw the demolition of institutions for the poor such as the Almshouses next to the parish church, the Workhouse, the pest house, which stood near the railway line and the poor-houses on the green.

The main school building, designed in the neo-Gothic style by George Edmund Street, dominates the north of the village.

The headmaster's house is on top of Hobb Hill, above the Pig Sty playing fields, so called after their use during the Second World War to provide meat for the school.

The late 19th century saw an expansion of residential housing to the north of the village in Strawberry Terrace and along the Banbury Road.

[5] The B&CDR contracted the Great Western Railway to operate the line and station in return for a share of the receipts.

In 1960 the countryside to the east and north of Bloxham was threatened by a proposal to quarry iron ore from the marlstone.

[11] Originally under the patronage of the Crown, its advowson was granted to Eton College in 1547 following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Bloxham Football Club men's team plays in Division One of the Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA league.