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[[Image:EnglandOxfordshire.jpg|left|151px|thumb|Oxfordshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
 
  
<br><br>'''Oxfordshire'''
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Famed for its university city of 'Dreaming Spires', the county is also home to the River Thames and its tributaries, the Cotswolds and the Chiltern Hills.
  
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In Bladon, just south of Blenheim Palace, is the resting place of Winston Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill.
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| Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novel, “Lark Rise to Candleford” describes her childhood in the 1880s in the hamlet of Juniper in the north of the county.
  
County town: Oxford
 
  
Other major towns: Witney, Abingdon
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'''County town:''' Oxford
  
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Witney, Abingdon, Bicester, Banbury
  
The county itself is mainly agricultural in terms<br> of its production, with paper, brick and cement manufacture all apparent. Famed for its university city of 'Dreaming Spires' the county is also home to the River Thames and its tributaries, the Cotswolds and the Chiltern Hills.
 
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Oxfordshire| Oxfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
In Bladon, just south of Blenheim Palace, is the resting place of Winston Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill. Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novel, “Lark Rise to Candleford” describes her childhood in the 1880s in the hamlet of Juniper in the north of the county.
 
  
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'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
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| [[Image: EnglandOxfordshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Resources==
  
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'''Primary Reference'''
==Register Office==
 
  
Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service
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*[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council%20Services/Leisure%20and%20culture/History%20and%20heritage/Oxfordshire%20Record%20Office/ '''County Record Office''']
  
'''Oxford Register Office'''<BR>
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*[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council+Services/Leisure+and+culture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
1 Tidmarsh Lane <br>
 
Oxford<br>
 
OX1 1NS<br>
 
Tel 0845 129 5900<br>
 
E-mail registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk
 
  
''Note a handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
  
  
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions ~ Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://whipple.org/oxford/marriagebonds.html Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds 1634-1849]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.oxsil.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
  
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*[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/wg/index.htm South Oxfordshire War Memorials]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills for Oxfordshire]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/Counties/Oxfordshire/Home Victoria County History: Oxfordshire]
  
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History]
  
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*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/documents/2008-08-27_16_1219826860.pdf Benson burials 1841-1964]
  
*[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council%20Services/Leisure%20and%20culture/History%20and%20heritage/Oxfordshire%20Record%20Office/ '''County Record Office''']
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*[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.cropredyvillage.info/T%20of%20C%20Contents.htm Cropredy Village]  
  
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
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*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard]  
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyOxford.htm#PageTitle IGI Oxfordshire]
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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]  
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/oxon.html Local History Directory]
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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
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*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
  
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*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
  
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*[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
  
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*[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
  
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*[http://oxford-consultants.tripod.com/a_history_of_horton_cum_studley.htm A History of Horton cum Studley]
  
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*[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath]
  
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*[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waout0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)]
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
  
*[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waout0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)]
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*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
  
 
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
 
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
  
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
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*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
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*[http://www.littlecoxwell.org.uk/ Little Coxwell]
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton]
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*[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]
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*[http://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
  
*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
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*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]  
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*[http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/njc10/wallingford_project/ Wallingford Burh to Borough Research Project]  
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
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*[http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/Home Wallingford History Gateway]
  
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
 
  
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History: Oxfordshire]  
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
  
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History]
 
  
*[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
 
  
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard]
 
  
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
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Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service.
  
*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
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'''Oxford Register Office'''
  
*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
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1 Tidmarsh Lane <br>
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Oxford<br>
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OX1 1NS<br>
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Tel 0845 129 5900<br>
  
*[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
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E-mail: registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
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''N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
  
*[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath]
 
  
*[http://www.iffleyhistory.org.uk/ Iffley History Society]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
 
  
*[http://www.littlecoxwell.com/ Little Coxwell]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton]
 
  
*[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://uk.geocities.com/david.hemming1@btinternet.com/history Wallingford History Gateway]
 
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
  
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
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Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 10:17, 16 May 2023

The county is mainly agricultural in terms of its production, with paper, brick and cement manufacture all apparent.

Famed for its university city of 'Dreaming Spires', the county is also home to the River Thames and its tributaries, the Cotswolds and the Chiltern Hills.

In Bladon, just south of Blenheim Palace, is the resting place of Winston Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill.

Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novel, “Lark Rise to Candleford” describes her childhood in the 1880s in the hamlet of Juniper in the north of the county.


County town: Oxford


Other major towns: Witney, Abingdon, Bicester, Banbury


Oxfordshire Places of Worship


Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference


Countywide Interest


Specific Town and Village Interest


Maps and Photographs



Register Office

Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service.

Oxford Register Office

1 Tidmarsh Lane
Oxford
OX1 1NS
Tel 0845 129 5900

E-mail: registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk

N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments


Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts


Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.


Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.


Back to England