Finmere, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Finmere is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1684

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FINMERE, a parish in the district of Brackley and county of Oxford; on the river Ouse, and on the Tring and Banbury railway, contiguous to Bucks, 4½ miles SE of Brackley. Post town, Mixbury, under Brackley. Acres, 1, 542. Real property, £2, 180. Pop., 338. Houses, 81. The property is divided among a few. Finmere House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £345. Patron, William Ashwell, Esq. The church is very good; and there are charities £14.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Finmere – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Finmere, 1684-1853
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Finmere (Oxfordshire)

Finmere St. Michael, Oxfordshire, parish registers : [parish register transcripts], 1560-1996
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Finmere (Oxfordshire); Wood, Vera

Parish registers for Finmere, 1579-1936
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Finmere (Oxfordshire)

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

Parish register printouts of Finmere, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1831-1853
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Oxfordshire, Finmere – History ( 2 )
History of Finmere, Oxfordshire
Author: Blomfield, J. C.

History of Finmere, Oxon
Author: Blomfield, James Charles, 1821-1895; Blomfield, James Charles, 1821-1895

England, Oxfordshire, Finmere – Schools ( 1 )
Finmere School records, 1874-1900
Author: Finmere School (Oxfordshire)

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Oxfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Brackley
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
  • Diocese: Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Bicester
  • Poor Law Union: Brackley
  • Hundred: Ploughley
  • Province: Canterbury