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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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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

Parish Records

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England, Oxfordshire, Begbroke

England, Oxfordshire, Begbrooke – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Begbrooke, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Oxfordshire, Begbrooke – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Begbrooke, 1721-1853
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Begbrooke (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Begbrooke – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Begbroke, Oxon., Eng

Parish register printouts of Begbroke, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1747-1853
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Oxfordshire, Begbrooke – History ( 1 )
Three Oxfordshire parishes : a history of Kidlington, Yarnton and Begbroke
Author: Stapleton, Bryan, Mrs.

England, Oxfordshire, Begbrooke – Schools ( 1 )
Begbrooke School records, 1892
Author: Begbrooke School (Oxfordshire)

Maps

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