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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shifford like this:
SHIFFORD, a chapelry in Bampton parish, Oxford; on the river Thames, 5¼ miles SSE of Witney r. station. Post town, Bampton, under Faringdon. Acres, 880. Real property, £1,070. Pop., 41. Houses, 8. A great council was held here by Alfred. The living is annexed to Bampton.
Shifford 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 Shifford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shifford, in West Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10165
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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