Signet, Oxfordshire

Signet
Signet
 Signet shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSP246106
Civil parishBurford
DistrictWest Oxfordshire
Shire countyOxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Burford
Postcode district OX18
Dialling code 01993
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentWitney
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°47′38″N 1°38′38″W / 51.794°N 1.644°W / 51.794; -1.644

Signet is a hamlet on the A361 road just over 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Burford in Oxfordshire, England.

Until 1954 Signet was part of the civil parish of Upton and Signet, which was absorbed into Burford to create the civil parish of Burford and Upton and Signet.[1] The parish had a population of 437 in the 1951 census, the last before the parish was absorbed.[2]

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