Cornwell, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Cornwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names: Cornwall

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1662
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1669; 1723

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CORNWELL, a parish in Chipping-Norton district, Oxford; 2½ miles E by N of Addlestrop r. station, and 3 W of Chipping-Norton. Post town, Chipping-Norton. Acres, 820. Real property, £1,308. Pop., 97. Houses, 23. Cornwell House was the seat of the Pennystones. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £140. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has a tower.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Cornwell – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cornwell, 1669-1853
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cornwell (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Cornwell – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Cornwell, Oxon., Eng

Parish register printouts of Cornwell, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1669-1853
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Cornwell, Oxford, England ; marriages, 1669-1670, 1723-1778, 1791-1838
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Oxfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Chipping Norton
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
  • Diocese: Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Chipping Norton
  • Poor Law Union: Chipping Norton
  • Hundred: Chadlington
  • Province: Canterbury