Britwell Prior, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Britwell Prior is a chapelry of Newington Ancient Parish in Oxfordshire.

Alternative names: Brightwell Prior

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1813
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRIGHTWELL-PRIOR, or Britwell-Prior, a chapelry in Newington parish, Oxford; under the Chilterns, 1¾ mile SW of Watlington, and 7½ NW by N of Wallingford-Road r. station. Post Town, Britwell-Salome under Wallingford. Real property, £866. Pop., 43. Houses, 6. The manor belonged formerly to the Welds; and Brightwell House is now the seat of H. Reeves, Esq. An ancient priory stood here; and a nunnery of St. Clare was set up for some time by French Nuns who fled from the first revolution. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Newington, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is Norman in the nave, and early English in the chancel; and has a decorated font.

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

Parish Records

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England, Oxfordshire, Britwell-Prior

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

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Prior – Church records ( 3 )
Archdeaconry transcripts, 1604-1639
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Brightwell-Prior (Oxfordshire)

Archdeaconry transcripts, 1604-1838
Author: Church of England. Archdeaconry of Buckinghamshire

Bishop’s transcripts for Brightwell-Prior, 1604-1812
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Brightwell-Prior (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Prior – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Britwell Prior, Roman Catholic Church, Oxon, Eng

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Prior – History ( 1 )
The two Britwells : the story of a village
Author: O’Sullivan, Biddy

England, Oxfordshire, Brightwell-Prior – Probate records ( 1 )
Wills and administrations, 1605-1856
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Monks Risborough, Buckingham)

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Oxfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Henley
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Banbury, Court of the Peculiar of Aylesbury, Court of the Peculiar of Monks Risborough
  • Diocese: Pre-1846 – None, Post-1845 – Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – None, Post-1845 – Cuddesdon
  • Poor Law Union: Henley
  • Hundred: Ewelme
  • Province: Canterbury