Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney

Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
Civil parish
Aston and Cote Village Hall
Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney Location within Oxfordshire
Population	1,394 (Parish, 2021) [1]
Civil parish	Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
District	West Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bampton
Postcode district	OX18
Dialling code	01993
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Witney
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°43′16″N1°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

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

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

• Aston grid reference SP340030
• Cote SP352029
• Chimney SP358009
• Shifford SP374020

References

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.

External links

• Community website