Forest Hill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1564
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1564
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FOREST-HILL, a parish in Headington district, Oxfordshire; 1½ mile NNW of Wheatley railway station, and 5 miles E by N of Oxford. Post town, Wheatley, under Oxford. Acres, 650. Real property, £1, 378. Pop., 191. Houses, 41. Mary Powell, the first wife of Milton, lived here, and was married here to Milton; and some parts of her father’s house are still standing. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £85. Patron, Lincoln College, Oxford. The church stands on a hill; is covered with ivy; and has a stone font under a neat wooden cover. Mickle, the poet, resided in the neighbourhood, and was buried in the churchyard.
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: Headington
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
- Diocese: Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1852 – Cuddesdon, Post-1851 – Islip
- Poor Law Union: Headington
- Hundred: Bullingdon
- Province: Canterbury