Wendlebury, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Wendlebury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1579
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1680

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WENDLEBURY, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; 2½ miles SW by S of Bicester r. station. Post town, Bicester. Acres, 1,050. Real property, £1,607. Pop., 257. Houses, 51. The manor belongs to the Duke of Marlborough. W. House is the seat of J. Betterton, Esq. Remains of a Roman camp are at Alchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1762. Charities, £6.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Wendlebury – Church records ( 1 )
Wendlebury, Oxfordshire parish registers, 1579-1860 Author: Smith, Donnette Stringham; Goadby, F. R. L; Church of England. Parish Church of Wendlebury

England, Oxfordshire, Wendlebury – History ( 1 )
The history and antiquities of Bicester, a market town in Oxfordshire : compiled from original records … to which is added an inquiry into the history of Alchester, a city of the Dobuni … : with an appendix and the whole of Kennett’s glossary Author: Dunkin, John

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