Begbroke, Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Begbroke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Oxey Mead, Pixey Mead, West Mead.
Alternative names: Begbrooke
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1665
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BEGBROOKE, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; near the Oxford canal, the Oxford and Rugby railway, and the Oxford and Wolverhampton railway, 1½ mile SW of Woodstock Road r. station, and 2½ SE by S of Woodstock. Post Town, Bladon, under Woodstock. Acres, 623. Real property, £1,437. Pop., 104. Houses, 17. The property is divided among a few. A small portion of it once belonged to the Abbey of Godestow. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £170. Patron, Brasenose college, Oxford. The church has some Norman details, and is very good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BEGBROOK (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Woodstock, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford, 2½ miles (S. E. by S.) from Woodstock; containing 110 inhabitants, and comprising 609a. 2r. 39p. The living is a rectory not in charge, in the patronage of Brasenose College, Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for £145, and there are 37 acres of glebe. The church is in the Norman style, of which it contains some good details. A little westward from the church is an ancient military work, called Round Castle.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Oxfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Woodstock
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
- Diocese: Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Woodstock
- Poor Law Union: Woodstock
- Hundred: Wootton
- Province: Canterbury