Deddington, Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Deddington is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Oxfordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Hempton and Clifton.
Alternative names: Daddington, Dadington
Parish church: St. Peter and St. Paul
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1631
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1669
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
- Adderbury with Milton
- Barford St Michael
- Barford St John
- Duns Tew
- Souldern
- North Aston
- Aynho
- Fritwell
- Nether Worton
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DEDDINGTON, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district in Woodstock district, Oxford. The town stands near the Cherwell river and the Oxford canal, 2¼ miles W of Aynho r. station, and 6 S of Banbury; has a post-office under Oxford, and three inns; is a seat of petty sessions and a polling-place; and publishes a monthly newspaper.
It dates from the Saxon times; and sent two members to parliaments of Edward I. Remains of a beautiful groined crypt are beneath the Plough inn. A curious house, a tall, square, balustraded tower, is near the church; and vestiges of a large castle, of unknown antiquity, where Piers Gaveston, the favourite of Edward II., was seized for execution, are on the east.
The church is later English, with a square tower; was, in great part, rebuilt in the time of Charles I., and repaired in 1859; and contains stone seats, a piscina, a female effigies, and some brasses. Several Roman coins, and quantities of Roman pottery were found in the neighbouring field of Blackingrove.
There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, a national school, alms-houses with £73 from endowment, and other charities with £80.
Markets were held till recently on Tuesdays; and fairs are held on 10 Aug., the Saturday after 11 Oct., and 22 Nov.
Charles I. slept in the parsonage after the battle of Cropredy; and Sir Thomas Pope and Chief-Justice Scroggs were natives.
The parish includes also the hamlets of Clifton and Hempton. Acres, 3, 990. Real property, £11, 258. Pop., 2, 024. Houses, 457. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Chesnies, the Bassets, and the Mallets. There is a vitriolic salt spring.
The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelries of Clifton and Hempton, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £180. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
DEDDINGTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Woodstock, hundred of Wootton, county of Oxford; containing, with the townships of Clifton and Hempton, 2025 inhabitants, of whom 1443 are in the town, 16 miles (N. by W.) from Oxford, and 69 (N. W.) from London.
This place, though anciently of some consequence, having sent members to two parliaments in the reign of Edward I., is now an inconsiderable town. A castle was built here probably by the Normans, but few vestiges of it can be traced; nor is there any event of importance in the history of the place, except this castle having been the prison-house of Piers Gaveston, the favourite of Edward II., a short time after his capture by the Earl of Warwick, and before his decapitation on Blacklow Hill; and subsequently the possession of his successor in that monarch’s affections, Hugh de Spencer, who suffered a similar fate.
The town, which has been noted for its malt-liquor, contains several well-built houses, and is well supplied with water: several of the inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of coach-wheels and axles. A branch of the Oxford canal passes through the parish. The market has been discontinued; but a fair for cattle is still held on November 22nd. A bailiff is annually appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor: a petty-session is held by the magistrates on the first Saturday in every month. The parish comprises 4000 acres, chiefly arable.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £15. 9. 4.; net income, £150; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1807. The church is a spacious structure: the tower fell down in 1634, and some years elapsed before it was rebuilt; meanwhile, Charles I., then at Oxford, despatched an order to the inhabitants to send the broken bells to his magazine at New College, with a person to ascertain the weight, in order that they might receive an equal quantity of metal, or the value in money, when the tower should be erected.
There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Independents; also almshouses for eight aged men and women, founded in 1818, and endowed with property arising from benefactions to the poor, producing about £140 per annum. In the neighbourhood are two mineral springs, now neglected, one of which is said to have been highly impregnated with sulphur. Sir Thomas Pope, an eminent statesman, and founder of Trinity College, Oxford, was born here, in 1507; and Lord Chief Justice Scroggs, who lived in the reign of Charles II., was also a native of the parish.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Woolgrove, p. Dodington, co. Oxford, & Elizabeth Barber, of F. C. 15 May 1760 | Fenny Compton | Dodington could be a transcription error in the book. |
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Oxfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Woodstock
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
- Diocese: Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Deddington
- Poor Law Union: Woodstock
- Hundred: Wootton
- Province: Canterbury