We're all aware that Swerford's been short of rain in 2011, but this graph supplied by Richard Hall who's been measuring rainfall in the village for the last seven years, illustrates just how low it's really been.

The Swerford Insight

Welcome!
Swerford

is a charming village of ironstone cottages, which occupies a secluded valley to the north east of Chipping Norton. It is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086. St Mary's church, founded at the beginning of the 13th century, is a prominent feature, and stands in front of a motte and bailey which was probably erected almost a century earlier.

Several artists and craftspeople live in this delightful village, and painting, photography, pottery, furniture making and floral artistry are all represented. Swerfordians regularly participate in the Oxfordshire Artweeks program.At least two MBEs live in the village.

Spring comes early to Ash Hill

The village hall is the venue for regular weekly activities and meetings held by social and educational groups within the locality. Swerford provides an ideal base for visitors to the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.There are several holiday cottages, a playing field for children and a thriving farm shop.

A date for your diary: the 2012 Swerford Quiz will be on Saturday 18th February. More details later.

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Photographs on this website by courtesy of Geoffrey Castle,Sarah Castle, Maggie Chaplin,Sue Davis, Charlotte Douglass,Richard Hall,David Lang,Sheila Robson,Will Simons, Deborah Taylor- Lang, Leigh Warr, Jonathan Warr, Angela Wiggins and Richard Wheeler. Paintings and artworks reproduced with kind permission of the artists.

contact : Maggie Chaplin
Email : mc-swerford@hotmail.co.uk