Bicester is a market town in the North Eastern corner of the county. Bicester has Saxon roots. The church of St Edburg may have been founded in the 7th century as a minster (though rebuilt in the early Norman period). Bicester was listed in the Domesday Book as Berencestra and became an important ecclesiastical centre with a priory in the town. A market and fair was established in the 13th century.
Bicester gained a railway station in 1850, now known as Bicester Village after the adjacent shopping centre. Bicester North was opened in 1910. Bicester is also close to the M40 motorway. During the late 20th century Bicester was one of Oxfordshire's fastest growing towns.
