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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]
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
  
=====Oxford Register Office=====
 
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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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
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*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions ~ Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://whipple.org/oxford/marriagebonds.html Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds 1634-1849]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.oxsil.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/wg/index.htm South Oxfordshire War Memorials]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire]
  
==Links==
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*[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]
  
*[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''']
 
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html Library Links]
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family 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]
  
'''OPC'''
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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]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
  
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*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyOxford.htm#PageTitle IGI Oxfordshire]
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*[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
  
*[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]
  
'''Family and Social History'''
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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.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/oxon/oxfordshire.htm Oxford Workhouses]
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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]
  
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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==
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Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service.
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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>
  
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History: Oxfordshire] part of the Victoria History of the Counties of England. 
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E-mail: registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
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''N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
  
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
 
  
*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
'''Specific Town Village interest'''
 
  
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury and surrounding area Family History]
 
  
*[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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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
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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