Oxfordshire

The Victoria County History of Oxfordshire

The Victoria County History of Oxfordshire

Though two general volumes were published in 1907 and 1939, detailed work on individual parishes and towns began only in the 1950s-60s, with the most recent volume (on the Chipping Norton area) published in October 2024. Twenty-one volumes have now been published out of 23 planned, covering most of the pre-1974 county. 

A small team based in Oxford is working to complete the remainder, supported by the VCH Oxfordshire Trust and Oxfordshire County Council. A volume on the Chadlington area of west Oxfordshire (Volume 22) is now well under way, and work on the Burford area (Volume 23) is now beginning. Subject to continued funding, we hope to complete our coverage of the ancient county by the end of the decade.

Eighteen of our 21 volumes are available on British History Online, although the two early general volumes only in part. For full access to all volumes, check your local library catalogue or your local archive.

Please note that places in the Vale of White Horse (absorbed into Oxfordshire in 1974) were covered in the Berkshire VCH series, published in 1906–27. Our current projects all fall within the ancient (pre-1974) county of Oxfordshire.