In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Garford like this:
GARFORD, a chapelry in Marcham parish, Berks; on the river Ock, 3¾ miles NNE of Wantage-Road r. station, and 4½ WSW of Abingdon. Post town, Marcham, under Abingdon. Real property, £2, 141. Pop., 173. Houses, 40. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Marcham, in the diocese of Oxford.
Garford through time
Garford is now part of Vale of White Horse district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale of White Horse has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Garford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Garford, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5532
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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