Nettlebed, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Nettlebed is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NETTLEBED, a village and a parish in Henley district, Oxford. The village stands on an eminence of the Chiltern hills, 5 miles N W of Henley r. station; is a pleasant place, with well-built, neat, and very clean principal street; contains several good inns and shops; is apolling place; and has a post-office under Henley-on-Thames, and a fair on 29 Oct. The parish comprises 1, 164acres. Real property, £2, 156. Pop., 73 7. Houses, 148. Windmill Hill, near the village, commands beautiful and extensive views. Nettlebed Hill rises to a height of 820 feet above sea-level. A considerable trade is done in beech timber; a saw-mill was recently erected; chair-making is carried on; chalk-rock is calcined for lime; and bricks, tiles, and coarse potteryware are made. The parish is a meet for the Bramshill hounds. The living is a donative in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £112. Patrons, the Representatives of the late Rev. T. L. Bennett. The church was rebuilt in 1846, and is a beautiful edifice. There is an Independent chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Nettlebed – Church records ( 2 )
Nettlebed Oxfordshire parish registers
Author: Goadby, F. R. L; Church of England. Parish Church of Nettlebed (Oxfordshire)

Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : South Oxon Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

England, Oxfordshire, Nettlebed – Probate records ( 1 )
The peculiar court of Dorchester : persons named in wills proved 1700-1835
Author: EurekA Partnership

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Oxfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Henley
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Banbury, Court of the Peculiar of Dorchester
  • Diocese: Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – None, 1846-1852 – Cuddesdon, 1852-1874 – Nettlebed, Post-1873 – Henley
  • Poor Law Union: Henley
  • Hundred: Ewelme
  • Province: Canterbury