Place:Swerford, Oxfordshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Swerford is a village and civil parish on the River Swere in the Cotswold Hills in Oxfordshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Chipping Norton. Swerford has two main neighbourhoods: "Church End" and "East End". The area between them contains very few houses and is called "Between Towns". The 2011 UK census recorded the parish's population as 132.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Swerford. Includes a brief summary of the ownership of the manor, a description of the parish church, and the railway lines which crossed the parish (with and without stopping places).

Research Tips

• This part of Oxfordshire is not covered by the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire.
• Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
• Oxfordshire FHS covers the whole county. The Family History Society provides an interactive map to assist in locating individual parishes and also relates the society's progress in transcribing parish registers and gravestone information for that particular parish. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.