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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Widford like this:
WIDFORD, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; 1½ mile E by S of Burford r. station. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 564. Real property, £955. Pop., 33. Houses, 7. The living is a rectory, united with Swinbrook, in the diocese of oxford. Value, £200.* Patron, Lord Redesdale. The church is ancient.
Widford 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 Widford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Widford, in West Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10271
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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