Ardley, Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Ardley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
Alternative names: Ardley with Fewcott
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1758
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1681
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ARDLEY, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; on the boundary ditch between Mercia and Wessex, 3½ miles ENE of Heyford r. station, and 4½ NW of Bicester. Post town, Fritwell under Bicester. Acres, 1,469. Real property, £1,728. Pop., 169. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. Foundations exist of a Norman castle, built in the reign of Stephen, on the site of Offa’s camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £307. Patron, the Duke of Marlborough. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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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