Clanfield, Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Clanfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1633
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CLANFIELD, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; adjacent to the Thames, 4¼ miles N of Faringdon, and 7½ SW of Witney r. station. It has a post-office under Faringdon. Acres, 1, 620. Real property, £3, 438. Pop., 547. Houses, 140. The property is subdivided. Radcot bridge over the Thames here was the scene of the Earl of Oxford’s defeat in 1387. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £100. Patrons, J. Elliott and W. Aldworth, Esqs. The church is early English; and consists of nave, north aisle, chancel, and chantry, with west tower and south porch. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. Charities, £5.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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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