West Oxfordshire

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West Oxfordshire District
West Oxfordshire
Location in Oxfordshire
status District
region South East England
Administration County Oxfordshire
Administrative headquarters Witney
surface 714.40 km² (54.)
Residents 101,600 (220.)
ONS code 38UF
Website www.westoxon.gov.uk

West Oxfordshire is a district in the county of Oxfordshire in England . The administrative seat is Witney ; other significant places are Charlbury , Chipping Norton and Woodstock .

history

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 and resulted from the merger of the Municipal Borough Chipping Norton, the Urban District Witney and the Rural Districts Chipping Norton and Witney.

structure

The district is divided into 83 parishes ( Civil Parish ):

  • Alvescot
  • Ascott-under-Wychwood
  • Asthall
  • Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
  • Bampton
  • Black Bourton
  • Bladon
  • Blenheim
  • Brize Norton
  • Broadwell
  • Bruern
  • Burford
  • Carterton
  • Cassington
  • Chadlington
  • Charlbury
  • Chastleton
  • Chilson
  • Chipping Norton
  • Churchill
  • Clanfield
  • Combe
  • Cornbury and Wychwood
  • Cornwell
  • Crawley
  • Curbridge
  • Ducklington
  • Enstone
  • Eynsham
  • Fawler
  • Fifield
  • Filkins and Broughton Poggs
  • Finstock
  • Freeland
  • Fulbrook
  • Glympton
  • Grafton and Radcot
  • Great Tew
  • Hailey
  • Hanborough
  • Hardwick-with-Yelford
  • Heythrop
  • Holwell
  • Idbury
  • Kelmscott
  • Kencot
  • Kiddington with Asterleigh
  • Kingham
  • Langford
  • Leafield
  • Lev
  • Little Faringdon
  • Little Tew
  • Lyneham
  • Milton-under-Wychwood
  • Minster Lovell
  • North Leigh
  • Northmoor
  • Over Norton
  • Ramsden
  • Rollright
  • Rousham
  • Salford
  • Sandford St. Martin
  • Sarsden
  • Shilton
  • Shipton-under-Wychwood
  • South Leigh
  • Spelsbury
  • Stand sheet
  • Stanton Harcourt
  • Steeple Barton
  • Stonesfield
  • Swerford
  • Swinbrook and Widford
  • Tackley
  • Taynton
  • Westcot Barton
  • Westwell
  • Witney
  • Woodstock
  • Wootton
  • Worton

Of these, 54 have their own, Churchill and Sarsden as well as Curbridge and Lew have a joint parish council. The remaining 27 do not have such a body; instead, residents ' assemblies are held. Burford, Carterton, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Witney and Woodstock are small towns ( Town ), accordingly the council there is called Town Council .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parish & town councils on the district website, accessed March 29, 2018 (English)
  2. ^ West Oxfordshire District Council: Parish / Town Council Elections on the district's website. PDF file, 45 kB, accessed on March 29, 2018 (English)

Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′  N , 1 ° 29 ′  W