Bradwell, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Bradwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire. Kelmscot is a chapelry of Bradwell.

Other places in the parish include: Filkins.

Alternative names:

  • Bradwell with Kelmscot
  • Bradwell with Kelmscott
  • Broadwall
  • Broadwell

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BROADWELL, or Bradwell, a village in the district of Witney, and a parish in the districts of Witney and Faringdon, and county of Oxford. The village stands on Akeman-street, 4 miles NNE of Lechlade, and 8½ SW of Witney r. station. The parish includes also the hamlet of Filkins, the chapelry of Holwell, and the township of Kelmscott; and its Post Town is Clanfield, under Faringdon. Acres, 5,874. Real property, £7,630. Pop., 1,103. Houses, 256. The property is divided among a few. Filkins is the seat of the Colstons; and Broadwell Grove belonged formerly to the Thomonds, and belongs now to the Herveys. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Kelmscott, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £207. Patron, the Rev. F. T. Woodman. The church is cruciform and good; has a fine spire; and contains monuments of the Colstons. There are a free school and charities £8. The vicarages of Holwell and Filkins are separate benefices.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Oxfordshire, Bradwell

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

England, Oxfordshire, Broadwell – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Broadwell, 1721-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Broadwell (Oxfordshire)

Holwell parish registers
Author: Johnson, Joan, 1915-; Johnson, Harry; Oxfordshire Family History Society; Church of England. Chapelry of Holwell (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Broadwell – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Broadwell, Oxford, England

Parish register printouts of Broadwell, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1721-1853
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Oxfordshire, Broadwell – History ( 1 )
The history of Broadwell, Oxfordshire, with Filkins, Kelmscott and Holwell
Author: Fisher, A. S. T.

England, Oxfordshire, Broadwell – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls for the manor of Broadwell St. Johns, 1604-1674
Author: Manor of Broadwell St. Johns. Court (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Broadwell – Schools ( 1 )
Broadwell School records, 1873-1900
Author: Broadwell School (Oxfordshire)

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Oxfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Witney
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
  • Diocese: Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Witney
  • Poor Law Union: Witney
  • Hundred: Bampton (Oxfordshire)
  • Province: Canterbury