Horspath Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Horspath is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Littleworth.

Alternative names: Horsepath

Parish church: St. Giles

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

C1910 HORSPATH OXFORDSHIRE
C1910 HORSPATH OXFORDSHIRE

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORSEPATH, a village and a parish in Headington district, Oxford. The village stands under a hill, 2 miles W by S of Wheatley r. station, and 4 ESE of Oxford. The parish includes also the hamlet of Littleworth. Post town, Wheatley, under Oxford. Acres, 1, 16 4. Real property, £1, 8 40. Pop., 334. Houses, 71. The manor belongs to the Earl of Macclesfield. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £91. Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is ancient; consists of nave and chancel with a tower; and has, in its tower wall, two rude figures, said to be those of its founders.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HORSEPATH (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Headington, hundred of Bullingdon, county of Oxford, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Oxford; containing 306 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £91; patrons and impropriators, the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is an ancient cruciform structure, with a central tower. In the nave are two figures rudely sculptured in stone, supposed to be the effigies of persons who bequeathed money for the erection of the tower; in the east window are the arms of Magdalen College, and there is an altartomb of blue marble, with the effigy of a mitred abbot.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Oxfordshire, Horsepath – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at the Parish Church of St. Giles, Horspath, Oxfordshire
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

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: Cuddesdon
  • Poor Law Union: Headington
  • Hundred: Bullingdon
  • Province: Canterbury