Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Brightwell Baldwin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Cadwell.

Alternative names: Britwell Baldwin

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1705
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRIGHTWELL-BALDWIN, or Britwell-Baldwin, a parish in Henley district, Oxford: 2¼ miles W by N of Watlington, and 8 NNE of Wallingford-Road r. station. It includes the liberty of Cadwell; and its Post Town is Cuxham, under Tetsworth. Acres, 1,660. Real property, £2,181. Pop., 277. Houses, 55. Brightwell house is the seat of F.-L. Austen, Esq. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £386. Patron, Mrs. L. S. Norton. The church is fine decorated English, with rich perpendicular tower; and contains tombs of the Carletons. There are a national school, and charities £28. Bishops Westfaling and Paul were rectors.

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, Britwell-Baldwin

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Baldwin – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The churchyard at Brightwell Baldwin : a survey of the graves and memorials
Author: Dunkley, A. C.; Fraser, A. C.; Kent, P. R.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Baldwin – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Brightwell-Baldwin, 1639-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brightwell-Baldwin (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Baldwin – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, England

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Baldwin – Schools ( 1 )
Brightwell-Baldwin School records, 1879-1900
Author: Brightwell-Baldwin School (Oxfordshire)

Maps

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

Administration

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