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Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney

Coordinates: 51°43′16″N 1°29′02″W / 51.721°N 1.484°W / 51.721; -1.484
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Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
Civil parish
Aston and Cote Village Hall
Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney is located in Oxfordshire
Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
Location within Oxfordshire
Population1,394 (Parish, 2021)[1]
Civil parish
  • Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBampton
Postcode districtOX18
Dialling code01993
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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England
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51°43′16″N 1°29′02″W / 51.721°N 1.484°W / 51.721; -1.484

Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney is a civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. As the name suggests, the parish includes the villages of Aston and Cote, and the hamlets of Shifford and Chimney. The southern border of the parish is the River Thames. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,394.

History

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Until the 19th century all four places were hamlets in the ancient parish of Bampton.[2]

From the 17th century onwards, parishes were given various civil functions under the poor laws in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Bampton, parish functions under the poor laws were exercised by subdivisions of the parish rather than the parish as a whole. Aston and Cote jointly administered poor law functions, whilst Shifford and Chimney each administered the poor laws on their own. As such, "Aston and Cote", Shifford, and Chimney became three civil parishes in 1866 when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws. In 1932, Aston and Cote was merged with Chimney to become a new civil parish called Aston Bampton, which was in turn merged with Shifford in 1954 to become Aston Bampton and Shifford.[3][4] The parish was renamed Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney in 1988.[5]

Governance

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There are three tiers of local government covering Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney, at parish, district and county level: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney Parish Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council. The parish council meets at Aston and Cote Village Hall on Cote Road in Aston.[6]

Locations

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References

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  1. ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
  2. ^ Victoria County History of Oxfordshire: Bampton
  3. ^ Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. xvi, 391. ISBN 0901050679.
  4. ^ Vision of Britain: Aston Bampton and Shifford
  5. ^ Bulletin of Changes of Local Authority Status, Names and Areas, 1st April 1988 –31st March 1989 (PDF). London: Department of the Environment. 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney Parish Council". Retrieved 16 October 2025.
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