List of Oxfordshire boundary changes

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Boundary changes affecting the English county of Oxfordshire.

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DateLegislationEffect
20 October 1844 Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
1889 Local Government Act 1888
1895 Local Government Act 1894
25 March 1896Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No.14) Act [1]
1 April 1933Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Buckingham and Oxford) Act 1933
5 June 1956Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration
  • Exchanged areas with Buckinghamshire along changed watercourse
26 October 1956Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration
  • Exchanged areas with Buckinghamshire along changed watercourse
1 April 1974 Local Government Act 1972
1 April 1977
1 April 1991The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991
  • Exchanges with Berkshire (16 hectares) [6]
  • Exchanged unpopulated areas with Buckinghamshire [6]

See also

Notes

† These areas were entirely detached from the remainder of Buckinghamshire.
‡ Detached part of Oxfordshire surrounded by Buckinghamshire

  1. The parish of Stratton Audley was partly in Buckinghamshire and partly in Oxfordshire until 1844. [1]
  2. The hamlet of Studley formed part of the parish of Beckley, the remainder of which was in Oxfordshire. [1]
  3. Ackhampstead was a detached part of Oxfordshire within the Parish of Lewknor. [1]
  4. The township of Boycott was part of the parish of Stowe, otherwise in Buckinghamshire. [1]

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