Eynsham, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Eynsham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Freeland.

Alternative names: Ensham, Evensham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1653
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1725

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• North Leigh
• Hanborough
• Stanton Harcourt
• Cassington
• Cumnor, Berkshire
• South Leigh
• Cogges

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ENSHAM, or Eynesham, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Witney district, Oxford. The village stands on the river Isis, adjacent to the Witney railway, 4¾ miles E by S of Witney; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Oxford.

It was known to the Saxons as Egonesham; is said to have been a British town before the times of the heptarchy; was a seat of royalty, and the scene of a wittenagemot, in the time of Etheldred the Unready; had a Benedictine abbey, founded in 1005 by Ethelmar or Aylmar, Earl of Cornwall; and figured, at later periods, as a market-town. The abbey was given, at the dissolution, to the Stanleys; and the only part of it now remaining is a window in the parsonage garden.

The parish comprises 5, 060 acres. Real property, £10, 262. Pop., 2, 096. Houses, 457. Ensham Hall is a principal residence. The parish is a meet for the Heythrop hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £176. Patron, Mrs. W. S. Bricknell. The church is ancient, and has a monument of Dr. Rogers; and near it is an ancient cross. There are three dissenting chapels, an endowed school with £36, and other charities with £147.

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

Parish Registers

Eynsham Marriages 1653-1837

Eynsham Marriages 1653-1837 Oxfordshire parish registers. V2 – HathiTrust

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Oxfordshire, Ensham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at the Parish Church of St. Leonard, Eynsham, Oxfordshire
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Oxfordshire, Ensham – Church history ( 1 )
Eynsham Abbey, 1005-1228 : a small window into a large room
Author: Gordon, Eric

England, Oxfordshire, Ensham – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ensham, 1725-1844
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ensham (Oxfordshire)

Eynsham under the monks
Author: Chambers, Edmund Kerchever, Sir

Marriages at Eynsham, 1653-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ensham (Oxfordshire); Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913; Oldfield, W. J. (William John), b. 1857

England, Oxfordshire, Ensham – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Eynsham, Oxon., Eng

Parish register printouts of Eynsham, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1776-1844
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Oxfordshire, Ensham – History – Periodicals ( 1 )
The Eynsham record : journal of the Eynsham History Group
Author: Eynsham History Group

England, Oxfordshire, Ensham – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls for the manor of Newland, 1830-1900
Author: Manor of Newland. Court (Ensham, Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Ensham – Schools ( 1 )
Eynsham Council Infants School records, 1890-1900
Author: Eynsham Council Infants School (Oxfordshire)

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: Woodstock
• Poor Law Union: Witney
• Hundred: Wootton
• Province: Canterbury