Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Oxfordshire,
England
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. It was formed in 1955 by removing the
hamlet
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of
Thrupp () from the parish of
Kidlington
Kidlington is a major village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, between the River Cherwell and the Oxford Canal, north of Oxford and 7 miles (12 km) south-west of Bicester. It remains officially a village despite its size. The 20 ...
and merging it with the parish of
Shipton-on-Cherwell
Shipton-on-Cherwell is a village on the River Cherwell about north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire, England. The village is part of the civil parish of Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp.
Manor
The earliest known record of Shipton-on-Cherwell is fr ...
(). It covers 6.04 km² and as at the 2011 census had 493 residents.
Parish: Key Statistics: Population.
( 2011 census Retrieved 2016-05-04.
Sources
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References
Civil parishes in Oxfordshire
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