| Grafton and Radcot | |
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 Poplar Farm, Grafton | |
  Grafton and Radcot Location withinOxfordshire | |
| Population | 63 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bampton |
| Postcode district | OX18 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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Grafton and Radcot is acivil parish in theWest Oxfordshire district ofOxfordshire, England. The parish includes thehamlets ofRadcot, on the north bank of theRiver Thames, andGrafton. The parish lies 3 miles (5 km) south-west ofBampton, itspost town. At the2021 census the parish had a population of 63.
The parish has its origins as twotownships of theancient parish ofLangford. Each of Langford's four township took on civil functions under thepoor laws from the 17th century onwards. As such, the four townships each became separatecivil parishes in 1866 when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws.[2] The two civil parishes of Radcot and Grafton were subsequently merged into a new civil parish called Grafton and Radcot in 1932.[3]
There are two elected tiers of local government covering Grafton and Radcot, atdistrict andcounty level:West Oxfordshire District Council, andOxfordshire County Council. The parish is too small to have an electedparish council, and so has aparish meeting instead.[4]
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