Note that several places in the following list eg Abingdon, Wantage etc, were not actually part of Oxfordshire in 1901 (they were part of Berkshire and did not become part of Oxfordshire until 1974). However, to compare relative place sizes in 1901 and 2001 I have projected the post-1974 borders back.
|
|
Name of town or village |
Size of population 1901 |
% of overall Oxon population 1901 [236,170] |
Position in 2001 |
|
1 |
Oxford |
57,399 |
24 |
1 |
|
2 |
Abingdon |
17,325 |
7 |
3 |
|
3 |
Chipping Norton |
16,004 |
7 |
16 |
|
4 |
Bicester |
12,435 |
5 |
4 |
|
5 |
Wantage |
3,766 |
2 |
12 |
|
6 |
Witney |
3,574 |
2 |
6 |
|
7 |
Banbury |
3,394 |
1 |
2 |
|
8 |
Henley-on-Thames |
3,152 |
1 |
10 |
|
9 |
Thame |
2,911 |
1 |
9 |
|
10 |
[Great] Faringdon |
2,900 |
1 |
15 |
|
11 |
Wallingford |
2,716 in 1911 * |
1 |
14 |
|
12 |
Woodstock |
1,962 |
1 |
28 |
|
13 |
Cholsey |
1,826 |
1 |
24 |
|
14 |
Eynsham |
1,757 |
1 |
19 |
|
15 |
Watlington |
1,554 |
1 |
outside top 30 |
|
16 |
Deddington |
1,490 |
1 |
outside top 30 |
|
17 |
Hook Norton |
1,386 |
1 |
outside top 30 |
|
18 |
Charlbury |
1,352 |
1 |
27 |
|
19 |
Bloxham |
1,340 |
1 |
outside top 30 |
|
20 |
Bampton |
1,167 |
0 |
outside top 30 |
|
21 |
Burford |
1,146 |
0 |
15 |
|
22 |
Kidlington |
1,070 |
0 |
7 |
|
23 |
Middleton Cheney |
1,057 |
0 |
outside top 30 |
|
24 |
Chinnor |
1,002 |
0 |
17 |
|
25 |
Benson |
965 |
0 |
20 |
|
26 |
Enstone |
925 |
0 |
outside top 30 |
|
27 |
Hanborough [Long] |
879 |
0 |
outside top 30 |
|
28 |
Wheatley |
872 |
0 |
22 |
|
29 |
Cumnor |
870 |
0 |
18 |
|
29 |
Shiplake |
870 |
0 |
outside top 30 |
* 1901 figures not available, it is assumed that there was not much change in the population, but this could be a false assumption.