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The Black Bull was situated near Black Bull Lane.
Oxford University and City Herald, 11.1.1845: On Thursday, at the Bull, at Fencott, on view of the body Bicester Herald, 2.9.1864: It appeared there were already two public-houses, the Bull at Fencott, and Marlake House at Murcott, and the Bench, therefore, declined to grant any other license for the neighbourhood Oxford Chronicle, 21.9.1867: On Friday, W. Brunner, Esq., held an inquest at the Bull Inn, Fencott, on the body of Eliza Palmer, daughter of glazier in that village . Oxfordshire Telegraph, 19.3.1879: SUDDEN DEATH AT FENCOTT – An inquest was held on Monday, March 10, by W. W. Robinson, Esq., at the Black Bull Inn, Fencott, on view of the body of Benjamin Hatwell, who had occupied that house for 44 years, and died suddenly in his chair Bucks Herald, 14.6.1879: and that of Black Bull, Fencott, from the late Mr. Benjamin Hatwell to Mrs. Elizabeth Hatwell. Bicester Herald, 22.10.1880: the Black Bull, Fencott, from Mr. Boodle to Mr. B.Harris . Oxford Journal, 27.11.1880: The licence of the Black Bull, Fencott, was transferred from Thomas Woodley to Stephen Hawse . Bicester Herald, 23.6.1882: AT THE BLACK BULL AT FENCOTT – Stephen Hall, landlord of the Black Bull, Fencott, was charged with having kept his house open during prohibited hours, on May [?? Presumably Stephen Hawse in 1880 is the same person as Stephen Hall in 1882 who then becomes Stephen Hawes in 1883] Banbury Guardian, 6.7.1882: Division Petty Sessions Jacob Haynes and James Higgs were charged with having been in the Black Bull, at Fencott, after hours, Oxford Chronicle, 16.6.1883 & 23.6.1883: Islip, Murcott, and Fencott, Oxon. Desirable Freehold Propertiies. Comprising the Black Bull Inn, Fencott; Oxford Chronicle, 14.7.1883: Lot B – A Freehold Stone-built and Thatched PUBLIC HOUSE known as the Black Bull Inn, situate in the Hamlet of Fencott, with Premises adjoinin Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette, 8.9.1883: Stephen Hawes, of the Bull Inn, Fencott, and Bucks Herald, 9.7.1887: FENCOTT AND MURCOTT, VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTIES, COMPRISING the BLACK BULL INN, Fully-licensed Public house, with 24a. 2r. 32p. pasture land, four enclosures Banbury Guardian, 11.6.1891:  granted a transfer for the Black Bull, at Fencott;
Shirley Martin (October 2025)
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