Old Chalford Explained

Official Name:Old Chalford
Coordinates:51.929°N -1.503°W
Os Grid Reference:SP342258
Civil Parish:Enstone
Shire District:West Oxfordshire
Shire County:Oxfordshire
Region:South East England
Country:England
Post Town:Chipping Norton
Postcode District:OX7
Postcode Area:OX
Dial Code:01608
Constituency Westminster:Witney
Website:Enstone village website

Old Chalford is a hamlet in Enstone civil parish, about 2miles east of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Old Chalford is on the River Glyme, which is dammed in the hamlet forming a number of ponds. The Wychwood Way long distance footpath passes through the hamlet. About 0.5miles southeast of Old Chalford are old earthworks and ruins of limestone walls which are the remains of the deserted medieval village of Nether Chalford.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rowley, Trevor . Villages in the Landscape . Archaeology in the Field Series . 1978 . J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd . London . 0-460-04166-5 . 190 .
  2. Book: Oxford, Chipping Norton and Bicester (Landranger Maps) . . 2006 . D1 . 978-0-319-22913-2.