Stanton St John Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Stanton St John is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
Alternative names: St John Stanton
Parish church: St. John the Baptist
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1654
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1738
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STANTON-ST. JOHN, a parish in Headington district, Oxfordshire; 2½ miles NNW of Wheatley r. station, and 4¼ ENE of Oxford. Post town, Oxford. Acres, 3,290. Real property, £3,146. Pop., 518. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £287. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church is early English. There are an endowed school, with £47 a year, and charities £44.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
STANTON ST. JOHN (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Headington, hundred of Bullingdon, county of Oxford, 4½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Oxford; containing 510 inhabitants. This place takes the adjunct to its name from the family of St. John, who held the manor in the reign of Edward III. A hill in the neighbourhood, called Irondon Hill, is supposed to have obtained that appellation from Ireton, who lived there after his marriage with the daughter of Cromwell. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £16. 9. 4½.; income, £287; patrons, the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford. The church is in the early English style, with a handsome embattled tower; part of the north aisle is inclosed by a richly decorated screen, and used as a vestry. Lady Elizabeth Holford, in 1717, gave £500 in support of a school. About a mile north-east of the church is the hamlet of Woodpury, in which are some interesting remains of the ancient village and church of that name. Roman tiles and pottery, with two coins, have been dug up.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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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