About the town » Fritwell, Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain

Fritwell is a village and civil parish about 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The parish's southern boundary is a stream that flows eastwards through Fewcott and past the villages of Fringford and Godington before entering Buckinghamshire where it becomes part of Padbury Brook, a tributary of the Great Ouse. The northeastern boundary of Fritwell parish is the main road between Bicester and Banbury. On other sides the parish is bounded by field boundaries.The Portway, a road that predates the Roman conquest of Britain, runs north–south parallel with the River Cherwell and passes through the western part of the parish.The village's toponym is derived from Fyrht-wielle or Fyrht-welle, which is Old English for a wishing well.