Swalcliffe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles west of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The parish is about 2+1⁄2 miles long north–south and about 1 mile east–west. The 2011 Census recorded the population of the modern Swalcliffe parish as 210. The toponym "Swalcliffe" comes from the Old English swealwe and clif, meaning a slope or cliff frequented by swall…Swalcliffe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles west of Banbury in Oxfordshire. The parish is about 2+1⁄2 miles long north–south and about 1 mile east–west. The 2011 Census recorded the population of the modern Swalcliffe parish as 210. The toponym "Swalcliffe" comes from the Old English swealwe and clif, meaning a slope or cliff frequented by swallows. The ancient parish of Swalcliffe was larger than the present civil parish, and included the townships of East Shutford, Epwell, Sibford Ferris, Sibford Gower and West Shutford.
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