[5] On 26 March 1894 Filkins became a civil parish again, being formed from part of Broadwell, and was within Witney Rural District.

[7] Swinford Museum occupies a 17th-century cottage in Filkins and stands alongside the former village lock-up.

Stafford Cripps worked with architect Percy Richard Morley Horder and the local stonemason George Swynford on the provision of council housing in the village.

The Filkins Estate is on the county boundary between Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire and includes one 500 acres (200 ha) farm and a number of cottages, with a small area of commercial units housing the Cotswold Woollen Weavers and Filkins Stone Company.

[10] The village has an outdoor swimming pool owned by the Centre Trust which was established by Sir Stafford Cripps under the control of the parish council (acting as trustees).