In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chimney like this:

CHIMNEY, a hamlet in Bampton parish, Oxford; on a small affluent of the river Isis, 6½ miles S of Witney. Acres, 620. Real property, £876. Pop., 27. Houses, 4.

Chimney through time

Chimney 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 Chimney itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chimney, in Vale of White Horse and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14549

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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