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'''Oxfordshire'''
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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.
  
  
County town: Oxford  
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'''County town:''' Oxford
  
Other major towns: Witney, Abingdon
 
  
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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'''
  
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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''']
==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+Services/Leisure+and+culture/Libraries/ County Library Service]
  
'''Oxford Register Office'''<BR>
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
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]
  
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
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*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
  
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
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*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
  
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
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*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions ~ Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
  
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
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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]
  
==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]
  
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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]
  
==Photo Offers==
 
  
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please private message the member with your queries.
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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]
  
==Links==
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*[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
  
'''Primary Reference Links'''
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*[http://www.cropredyvillage.info/T%20of%20C%20Contents.htm Cropredy Village]
  
*[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://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]  
  
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html Library Links]
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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]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyOxford.htm#PageTitle IGI Oxfordshire]
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*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
  
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/oxon.html Local History Directory]
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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]
  
'''Countywide Interest'''
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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)]
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*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
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*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
  
 
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
 
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
  
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
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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]
  
*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
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*[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]  
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]  
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*[http://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
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*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
  
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/oxon/oxfordshire.htm Oxfordshire Workhouses]  
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*[http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/njc10/wallingford_project/ Wallingford Burh to Borough Research Project]  
  
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
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*[http://sites.google.com/site/wallingfordhistorygateway/Home Wallingford History Gateway]
  
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
 
  
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History: Oxfordshire] 
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
  
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*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
  
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury Area Family History]
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*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
  
*[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
 
  
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard]
 
  
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]
 
  
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
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==Register Office==
  
*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
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Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service.
  
*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
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'''Oxford Register Office'''
  
*[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
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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.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
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E-mail: registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk<br>
  
*[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath]
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''N.B. A handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
  
*[http://www.iffleyhistory.org.uk/ Iffley History Society]
 
  
*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
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==Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
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Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://www.littlecoxwell.com/ Little Coxwell]
 
  
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton]
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'''Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts'''
  
*[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]
 
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brianfjohnson/Cuckney/Cuckney.htm Norton Cuckney]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
  
*[http://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
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Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
  
*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
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By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as above.
  
*[http://uk.geocities.com/david.hemming1@btinternet.com/history Wallingford History Gateway]
 
  
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'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
  
'''Maps and Photographs'''
 
  
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
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==Photo Offers==
  
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
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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://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
 
  
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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