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+ | |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. | |
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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]''' | ||
+ | | [[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] | ||
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+ | *[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages] | ||
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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] | ||
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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] | ||
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+ | '''Specific Town and Village Interest''' | ||
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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] | ||
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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] | ||
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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] | ||
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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] | ||
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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)] | ||
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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] | ||
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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] | ||
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+ | '''Maps and Photographs''' | ||
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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] | ||
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+ | *[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ] | ||
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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> | ||
+ | Oxford<br> | ||
+ | OX1 1NS<br> | ||
+ | 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''' | ||
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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. | ||
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+ | By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above. | ||
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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. |
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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
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