In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fifield like this:
FIFIELD, a parish in Chipping-Norton district, Oxford; on the W verge of the county, 3½ miles SSW of Shipton r. station, and 4½ N by W of Burford. It has a post office under Chipping-Norton. Acres, 1, 148. Real property, £1, 386. Pop., 234. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. ...
The living is a rectory, united in 1865 with Idbury, in the dio. of Oxford. Value, £267. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church has an early English chancel, an E window with flowing tracery and stained glass, and an octagonal tower with a spire; and is good. Charities, £49.
Fifield through time
Fifield 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 Fifield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fifield in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9668
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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