Salford, Oxfordshire
| Salford | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary the Virgin parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP284281 |
| Location: | 51°57’4"N, 1°35’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 356 (2011) |
| Post town: | Chipping Norton |
| Postcode: | OX7 |
| Dialling code: | 01608 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Oxfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Witney |
Salford is a village in the Cotswolds in the west of Oxfordshire, about a mile and a half west of Chipping Norton. It stands close to where Oxfordshire meets Warwickshire and Gloucestershire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 356.
Salford has church and a public house, The Black Horse.
Parish church
The parish church, St Mary the Virgin was largely Norman until the Oxford Diocesan architect, the Gothic Revivalist George Edmund Street almost completely rebuilt it in 1854. The font and parts of two doorways are among the few Norman features that Street retained. Street probably rebuilt the bell tower, but its Decorated Gothic bell openings survive.[1] The tower has a ring of five bells, all of which were cast in 1687 by Matthew I Bagley and Henry II Bagley of Chacombe, Northamptonshire.[2]
The parish is part of the Team Benefice of Chipping Norton, along with the parishes of Chastleton, Chipping Norton, Churchill, Cornwell, Daylesford, Kingham, Little Compton, Little Rollright and Over Norton.
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References
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 749.
- ↑ Davies, Peter (14 December 2006). "Salford S Mary V". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Salford&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=SALFORD+OX.
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09639-2page 749
