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|The county is mainly agricultural in terms of its production, with paper, brick and cement manufacture all apparent.
  
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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.
  
  
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'''County town:''' Oxford
  
  
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'''Other major towns:''' Witney, Abingdon, Bicester, Banbury
  
  
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'''[[Places_of_Worship:Oxfordshire| Oxfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
  
  
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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'''
  
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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''']
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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]
  
  
  
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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]
  
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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]
  
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*[http://whipple.org/oxford/marriagebonds.html Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds 1634-1849]
  
==Register Office Contact Details==
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]
  
Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service
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*[http://www.oxsil.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
  
=====Oxford Register Office=====
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*[http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/wg/index.htm South Oxfordshire War Memorials]
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.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/oxf.htm Surrey Plus Wills Index: Oxfordshire]
  
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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]
  
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/documents/2008-08-27_16_1219826860.pdf Benson burials 1841-1964]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
  
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*[http://www.cropredyvillage.info/T%20of%20C%20Contents.htm Cropredy Village]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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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]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]  
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
  
*[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.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html LIBRARY LINKS]
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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]
  
'''Local History Society'''
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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]
  
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
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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)]
  
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*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
  
'''OPC'''
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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]
  
'''Archives'''
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*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
*[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.littlecoxwell.org.uk/ Little Coxwell]
  
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
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*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton]
  
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
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*[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]  
  
*[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://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
  
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
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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]
  
'''Family and social history'''
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*[http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/Home Wallingford History Gateway]
  
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/oxon/oxfordshire.htm Oxford Workhouses]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
  
'''Maps & Photographs'''
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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.
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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>
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''N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
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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.
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
 
  
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
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Please read the [[Cemetery 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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'''Cemetery 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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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
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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