Swalcliffe Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Swalcliffe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire. Shutford is a chapelry of Swalcliffe.
Other places in the parish include: Sibford-Ferris, Sibford-Gower, Epwell, Shutford, and West Shutford
Alternative names: Swacliffe, Swalecliffe
Parish church: St. Peter and St. Paul
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Swalcliffe
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SWALCLIFFE, or Swacliffe, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Banbury district, Oxford. The village stands 5¾ miles WSW of Banbury r. station, and has a post-office under Banbury.
The parish includes the townships of Sibford-Ferris, Sibford-Gower, Epwell, Shutford, and West Shutford; and comprises 6,270 acres. Real property, £13,640. Pop., 1,919. Houses, 444. The property is much subdivided.
S. Park is the residence of H. Norris, Esq. A double-ditched British camp is at Madmarston. Many Roman remains have been found at Blackland.
The living is a vicarage, with Epwell and Shutford chapelries, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church has Norman, early English, decorated, and later English portions, and is good.
The vicarage of Sibford is a separate benefice.
Ancient chapels of ease are in Epwell and Shutford.
There are six dissenting chapels, an endowed school with £30 a year, a large Quakers’ school, and charities £154.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SWALCLIFFE (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Banbury, hundreds of Banbury, Bloxham, and Dorchester, county of Oxford, 6 miles (W. S. W.) from Banbury; containing, with the chapelries of Epwell and East Shutford, and the townships of West Shutford, Sibford-Ferris, and Sibford-Gower, 1924 inhabitants, of whom 338 are in Swalcliffe township.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 9. 4½.; net income, £209; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land and annual money payments in 1789. The church is a fine edifice, partly of the 14th century, with some portions of earlier date, and a tower of the 15th century; it has a good screen, presenting the remains of old painting and gilding.
There are chapels of ease at Epwell and East Shutford; and a district church at Sibford-Gower, consecrated on the 17th of June 1840.
One-third of £72. 15. per annum, arising from certain land bequeathed by an unknown individual, is paid in support of a school, and the residue for other charitable purposes.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Epwell
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
EPWELL, a township-chapelry in Swalcliffe parish, Oxford; near Broone Hill, adjacent to the boundary with Warwick, 7 miles W of Banbury r. station. Post town, Wroxton, under Banbury. Acres, 1, 270. Real property, £2, 120. Pop., 358. Houses, 83. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Swalcliffe, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is ancient; and there are charities £7.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| William Mayo, p. Swakleiff, clerk, & Mary Unite, lic. 20 Nov. 1689 | Fenny Compton |
| John Ward, p. Epwell, co. Oxford, & Elizabeth Pain, of F. C. 30 Dec. 1803 | Fenny Compton |
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Oxfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Banbury
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
- Diocese: Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Deddington
- Poor Law Union: Banbury
- Hundred: Banbury; Bloxham
- Province: Canterbury