SWERFORD, a parish in the hundred of CHADLINGTON,
county of OXFORD, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from
Chipping-Norton, containing 395 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Oxford, rated in the king's books at £15. 7. 1., and in
the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Magdalene
College, Oxford.