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<br><br>'''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==
 
  
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%20Services/Leisure%20and%20culture/History%20and%20heritage/Oxfordshire%20Record%20Office/ '''County Record Office''']
  
'''Oxford Register Office'''<BR>
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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]
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.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
  
  
  
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'''Countywide Interest'''
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions ~ Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
  
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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*[http://whipple.org/oxford/marriagebonds.html Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds 1634-1849]
  
Please read the [[Cemetery 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]
  
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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]
  
==Photo Offers==
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*[http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ Transcribed Wills for Oxfordshire]
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
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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'''
  
==Links==
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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]
  
*[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.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html Library Links]
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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]
  
'''Local 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]
  
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
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*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
  
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*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
  
'''OPC'''
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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]
  
'''Archives'''
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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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyOxford.htm#PageTitle IGI Oxfordshire]
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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)]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/oxon.html Local History Directory]
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*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
  
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
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*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
  
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
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*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
  
*[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.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
  
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
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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 ]
  
*http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
 
  
  
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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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.
  
*[http://www.spaceagency.co.uk/villages/index.php Discover Oxfordshire Villages]
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'''Oxford Register Office'''
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxdordshire Parishes and Villages] - ongoing
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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] 
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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://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[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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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
 
  
*[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
 
  
*[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath]
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==Photo Offers==
 
 
*[http://www.iffleyhistory.org.uk/ Iffley History Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
 
 
 
*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
 
 
 
*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.littlecoxwell.com/ Little Coxwell]
 
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton]
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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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*[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]
 
 
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]
 
 
*[http://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
 
 
*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
 
  
*[http://uk.geocities.com/david.hemming1@btinternet.com/history Wallingford History Gateway]
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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