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

SHORTHAMPTON, a chapelry, with two hamlets, in Charlbury parish, Oxford; on the river Evenlode, 2 miles W by N of Charlbury r. station. Post town, Charlbury, under Enstone. Real property, £1,649. Pop., 257. Houses, 58. The manor belongs to Lord Churchill. Rangers Lodge and Pudlicott manor-house are chief residences. The living is annexed to Charlbury.

Shorthampton through time

Shorthampton 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 Shorthampton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shorthampton, in West Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21705

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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