The parish has had a watermill since the 13th century, when land was granted to Osney Abbey in 1221 and 1229 to build one on Bayswater Brook.
The present Bayswater Mill at the west end of the parish, just north of Sandhills, is mainly 18th-century.

Forest Hill was a separate civil parish until 1881, when it was merged with Shotover.
The parish has had a watermill since the 13th century, when land was granted to Osney Abbey in 1221 and 1229 to build one on Bayswater Brook. The present Bayswater Mill at the west end of the parish, just north of Sandhills, is mainly 18th-century.
Forest Hill was a separate civil parish until 1881, when it was merged with Shotover.
Forest Hill, Oxfordshire