Swerford

Other current and historical names

Surford

Parish/Community: Hook Norton
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°58'50"N 1°27'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 437500, 231500
OS Grid: SP375315
Mapcode Local: GBR 6S9.YNP
Mapcode Global: VHBZ3.QGGY

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Swerford within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Swerford in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Swerford, par. and vil., in N. of Oxfordshire - par., 1925 ac., pop. 410; vil., on river Swere, 5 miles NE. of Chipping Norton; P.O.

Swerford in the Domesday Book

A village in Shipton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Pasture: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 6 shillings

British Place Names

Swerford, Oxfordshire

Swerford is a village in Oxfordshire

Swerford in historic gazetteers

Swerford in the Domesday Book