Bletchingdon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
Alternative names: Bletchington
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1713
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BLETCHINGTON, or Blechingdon, a parish and a subdistrict in the district of Bicester, Oxford. The parish lies near Akeman-street, the Oxford canal, the river Cherwell, and the Oxford and Rugby railway, 2 miles NE of Woodstock Road station, and 6 SW by W of Bicester; and it has a post-office under Oxford. Acres, 2,540. Real property, £4,631. Pop, 659. Houses, 142. Bletchington Park is the seat of Viscount Valentia; was partly rebuilt near the end of last century; and occupies the site of a house which was held for the king, and surrendered to the parliament, in the civil war. A striped marble is found here, which has been used in ornamental architecture. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £356. Patron, Queen’s College, Oxford. Charities, £55. Dr. Fairclough was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
Oxfordshire Archives & Family History Groups
Oxfordshire Family History Society
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Archdeacon’s Marriage Bonds
Oxford City Executions 1778-1921 (PDF)
Historical Directories of Oxfordshire
History of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia 1778-1900
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry During WWII
Oxford University Roll of Service WWI
Thames Valley Police Roll of Honour
Oxford University Alumni 1500-1714
Oxford University Alumni 1715-1886
Oxfordshire Surname Interest List
Oxfordshire Workhouses
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Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Oxfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bicester
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
- Diocese: Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1852 – Bicester, Post-1851 – Islip
- Poor Law Union: Bicester
- Hundred: Ploughley
- Province: Canterbury