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|The county is mainly agricultural in terms of its production, with paper, brick and cement manufacture all apparent.
  
'''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 Contact Details==
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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''']
  
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+Services/Leisure+and+culture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
  
=====Oxford Register Office=====
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
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>
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'''Countywide Interest'''
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.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
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*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
  
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*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
  
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*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions ~ Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://whipple.org/oxford/marriagebonds.html Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds 1634-1849]
  
Please read the [[Record Office 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]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/wg/index.htm South Oxfordshire War Memorials]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills for Oxfordshire]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/Counties/Oxfordshire/Home Victoria County History: Oxfordshire]
  
==Links==
 
  
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
*[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.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html Library Links]
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*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/documents/2008-08-27_16_1219826860.pdf Benson burials 1841-1964]  
  
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*[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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*[http://www.cropredyvillage.info/T%20of%20C%20Contents.htm Cropredy Village]
  
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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://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]  
  
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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
  
'''OPC'''
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*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
  
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*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyOxford.htm#PageTitle IGI Oxfordshire]
 
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/oxon.html Local History Directory]
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*[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
  
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
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*[http://oxford-consultants.tripod.com/a_history_of_horton_cum_studley.htm A History of Horton cum Studley]  
  
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
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*[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)]
  
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
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*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
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*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
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*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
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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]
  
'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
  
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*[http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/njc10/wallingford_project/ Wallingford Burh to Borough Research Project]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/oxon/oxfordshire.htm Oxford Workhouses]
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*[http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/Home Wallingford History Gateway]
  
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''  
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'''Maps and Photographs'''  
  
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
  
  
'''Countywide interest'''
 
  
  
*[http://www.spaceagency.co.uk/villages/index.php Discover Oxfordshire Villages] Each village has a potted history and a virtual tour.
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History: Oxfordshire] part of the Victoria History of the Counties of England.
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Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service.
  
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
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'''Oxford Register Office'''
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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>
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E-mail: registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
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''N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
  
*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
 
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury and surrounding area Family History]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard]
 
  
*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
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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://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke] Includes Parish Records back to 1754
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
  
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==Photo Offers==
  
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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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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