Fringford, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Fringford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names: Frinkford

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1598
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1680

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FRINGFORD, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; near the boundary with Bucks, 3½ miles N of Launton r. station, and 5 NNE of Bicester. Post town, Hethe, under Bicester. Acres, 1, 580. Real property, £2, 023. Pop., 401. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. Fringford Heath is a principal residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, not reported. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a fine Norman doorway, and is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Fringford – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Fringford, 1680-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fringford (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Fringford – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Fringford, Oxford, England

Parish register printouts of Fringford, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1813-1856
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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: Bicester
  • Poor Law Union: Bicester
  • Hundred: Ploughley
  • Province: Canterbury