Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney

Civil parish in England

Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney

District

West Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBamptonPostcode districtOX18Dialling code01993PoliceThames ValleyFire Oxfordshire Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Witney

List of places: UK; England; Oxfordshire

51°43′16″N 1°29′02″W / 51.721°N 1.484°W / 51.721; -1.484

Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney is a civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire in England. As the name suggests, the parish includes the villages of Aston and Cote, and the hamlets of Shifford and Chimney. The southern border of the parish is the River Thames. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,374.^[1]

History

Until the 19th century all four places were townships in the ancient parish of Bampton.^[2] In 1866 the three civil parishes of Aston and Cote, Chimney and Shifford were separated from Bampton. In 1931 Aston and Cote and Chimney were united to form the civil parish of Aston Bampton, which was merged with Shifford in 1954 to form the parish of Aston Bampton and Shifford.^[3] The parish was later renamed Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney.

Locations

Aston grid reference SP340030
Cote SP352029
Chimney SP358009
Shifford SP374020

References

^ "Area: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
^ Victoria County History of Oxfordshire: Bampton
^ Vision of Britain: Aston Bampton and Shifford