Signet, Oxfordshire Explained

Official Name:Signet
Coordinates:51.794°N -1.644°W
Civil Parish:Burford
Shire District:West Oxfordshire
Shire County:Oxfordshire
Region:South East England
Country:England
Constituency Westminster:Witney
Post Town:Burford
Postcode District:OX18
Postcode Area:OX
Dial Code:01993
Os Grid Reference:SP246106

Signet is a hamlet on the A361 road just over 1miles south of Burford in Oxfordshire, England. Until 1954 Signet was part of the civil parish of Upton and Signet, which was absorbed into Burford to create the civil parish of Burford and Upton and Signet.[1] The parish had a population of 437 in the 1951 census, the last before the parish was absorbed.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10352198&c_id= Vision of Britain website
  2. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/table_page.jsp?tab_id=EW1951COU_M3&u_id=10352198&show=DB Vision of Britain: 1951 Census Report