Checkendon, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Checkendon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names: Chackendon, Checkington

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHECKENDON, or Chakenden, a parish in Henley district, Oxford: under the Chiltern hills, 4½ miles E by S of Wallingford Road r. station, and 7½ W of Henley-on-Thames. It has a post-office under Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 3, 063. Real property, £2, 479. Pop., 357. Houses, 74. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £555. Patron, University College. Oxford. The church is Norman, was restored in 1869, and has some old brasses.

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, Chakenden

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

England, Oxfordshire, Checkendon – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Checkendon, 1639-1860
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Checkendon (Oxfordshire)

Parish registers for Checkendon, 1799-1955
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Checkendon (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Checkendon – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England

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: Henley
  • Poor Law Union: Henley
  • Hundred: Langtree
  • Province: Canterbury