Horley Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Horley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORLEY, a parish, with a village, in Banbury district, Oxford; at the boundary with Warwick, 4 miles NW of Banbury town and r. station. Post town, Banbury. Acres, 970. Real property, £2, 515. Pop., 337. Houses, 80. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; and, till 1866, was united with the vicarage of Hornton; but was afterwards to be separated. Value, with Hornton, £400. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early and decorated English, with a central tower on Norman foundations; and has a beautiful early English piscina, and an early Norman font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school with £49 from endowment, and charities with £13.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Horley – Church records ( 4 )
Banbury Wesleyan Methodist, Marlborough Road, Oxfordshire : register of baptisms, 1905-1972
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Banbury, Oxfordshire); Wood, Vera; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Banbury, 1606-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Banbury (Oxfordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Horley, 1813-1841
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Horley (Oxfordshire)

Grimsbury Wesleyan Methodist, West St., Oxfordshire, Banbury, Marlborough Road Circuit : register of baptisms, 1872-1927
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Grimsbury, Oxfordshire); Wesleyan Methodist Church. Banbury Circuit; Wood, Vera; Oxfordshire Family History Society

England, Oxfordshire, Horley – Manors ( 1 )
Manorial records of Bramshill, Hampshire, 1555-1726
Author: Manor of Bramshill (Hampshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Horley – Probate records ( 2 )
The Peculiar Court of Banbury and Cropredy
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Banbury, Oxfordshire); Church of England. Peculiar Court (Cropredy, Oxford); EurekA Partnership

Probate records, 1547-1858
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Banbury, Oxfordshire); Church of England. Peculiar Court (Bierton, Buckingham); Church of England. Peculiar Court (Thame, Oxfordshire); Church of England. Peculiar Court (Cropredy, Oxford)

England, Oxfordshire, Horley – Schools ( 1 )
Horley School records, 1884-1900
Author: Horley School (Oxfordshire)

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Oxfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Banbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Banbury, Court of the Peculiar of Aylesbury
  • Diocese: Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – None, Post-1845 – Deddington
  • Poor Law Union: Banbury
  • Hundred: Bloxham
  • Province: Canterbury