In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swerford like this:
SWERFORD, a parish, with a village, in Chipping-Norton district, Oxford; on the river Swere, 5 miles NE of Chipping-Norton r. station. It has a postal wall-box under Enstone. Acres, 4,630. Real property, £3,088. Pop., 402. Houses, 95. The manor belongs to R. Davis, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £496.* Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is good, and has a spire.
Swerford through time
Swerford is now part of West Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swerford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swerford in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10221
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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