Ducklington, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Ducklington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire. Hardwick is a chapelry of Ducklington.

Alternative names: Duckleton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DUCKLINGTON, a village and a parish in Witney district, Oxford. The village stands on the river Wind-rush, 1½ mile S of Witney town and r. station. Pop., 472. Houses, 100. The parish includes also the hamlet of Hardwicke; and its post town is Witney. Acres, 2, 440. Real property, £4, 387. Pop., 606. Houses, 128. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £535. Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is later English; has a rich south aisle, with oak carvings; and contains a Norman font and a remarkable altar-piece. There are a chapel of ease and charities £18.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Oxfordshire, Ducklington – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Ducklington, St. Bartholomew monumental inscriptions
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Oxfordshire, Ducklington – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ducklington, 1721-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ducklington (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Ducklington – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
An index to the registers of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parish of Ducklington
Author: Macray, William Dunn

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