Wigginton, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Wigginton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names: Wiggington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1558
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1670; 1721

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

• Milcombe
• South Newington
• Hook Norton
• Swalcliffe
• Tadmarton
• Swerford

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WIGGINTON, a parish, with a village, in Banbury district, Oxford; on the river Swere, 6½ miles SW of Banbury r. station. Post town, Banbury. Acres, 1,780. Real property, £2,471. Pop., 338. Houses, 79. The property is much subdivided. Extensive Roman remains, including a semi-octagonal chamber 20 feet by 14, with tesselated pavement, and another apartment 20 feet by 17½, were discovered in 1824. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400. Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church is chiefly early English. There are a dissenting chapel and a parochial school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Wigginton – History ( 1 )
The Wigginton constables’ book, 1691-1836 Author: Price, F. D.

England, Oxfordshire, Wigginton – Officials and employees ( 1 )
The Wigginton constables’ book, 1691-1836 Author: Price, F. D.

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: Bloxham
• Province: Canterbury