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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages] | *[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages] | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.oxsil.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List] |
| − | *[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/wg/index.htm South Oxfordshire War Memorials] | + | *[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/wg/index.htm South Oxfordshire War Memorials] |
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire] | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire] | ||
*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills for Oxfordshire] | *[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills for Oxfordshire] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/Counties/Oxfordshire/Home Victoria County History: Oxfordshire] | ||
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History] | *[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.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History] | *[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.cropredyvillage.info/T%20of%20C%20Contents.htm Cropredy Village] | ||
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard] | *[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard] | ||
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*[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site] | *[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] | ||
*[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath] | *[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath] | ||
*[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waout0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)] | *[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.kennington.org/ Kennington] | *[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington] | ||
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*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy] | *[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy] | ||
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton] | *[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton] | ||
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*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame] | *[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/njc10/wallingford_project/ Wallingford Burh to Borough Research Project] |
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ] | *[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ] | ||
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup. | ||
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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. | 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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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. |
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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.
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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
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts
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