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Shenington with Alkerton is a
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the Cherwell district, in the county of
Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...
, England. It comprises the village of
Shenington Shenington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shenington with Alkerton, in the Cherwell District, Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about west of Banbury, it was an Enclave and exclave, exc ...
, which was an
exclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ...
of
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...
until the
Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 The Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 ( 7 & 8 Vict. c. 61), also known as the Detached Parishes Act 1844, which came into effect on 20 October 1844, was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which eliminated many outliers or exclaves of co ...
transferred it to Oxfordshire () and the village of Alkerton, which was always part of Oxfordshire (). It covers 9.60 km2 and as at the 2011 census had a population of 425 people.Parish: Key Statistics: Population.
( 2011 census Retrieved 2016-05-04.


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Civil parishes in Oxfordshire Cherwell District {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub