Old Chalford

Old Chalford

Coordinates: 51°55′44″N 1°30′11″W / 51.929°N 1.503°W / 51.929; -1.503

Old Chalford
Old Chalford is located in Oxfordshire
Old Chalford

 Old Chalford shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SP342258
Parish Enstone
District West Oxfordshire
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chipping Norton
Postcode district OX7
Dialling code 01608
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Witney
Website Enstone village website
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Old Chalford is a hamlet in Enstone civil parish, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Old Chalford is on the River Glyme, which is dammed in the hamlet forming a number of ponds. The Wychwood Way long distance footpath passes through the hamlet. About 0.5 miles (800 m) southeast of Old Chalford are old earthworks and ruins of limestone walls which are the remains of the deserted medieval village of Nether Chalford.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Rowley, Trevor (1978). Villages in the Landscape. Archaeology in the Field Series. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 190. ISBN 0 460 04166 5. 
  2. ^ Oxford, Chipping Norton and Bicester (Landranger Maps) (D1 ed.). Ordnance Survey. 2006. ISBN 978-0319229132. 

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