Hornton Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Hornton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1703
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORNTON, a parish with a village, in Banbury district, Oxford; adjacent to Warwickshire and under Edge-Hill, 5 miles W by S of Cropredy r. station, and 5½ NW of Banbury. Post town, Banbury. Acres, 1, 400. Real property, £3, 226. Pop., 514. Houses, 133. Fire stone is found. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Oxford; and, till 1865, was annexed to the vicarage of Horley-Value, not reported. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partly of the 12th century, partly of the 13th; and has a tower. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and an endowed national school.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
William Manners, p. Hornton, co. Oxford, b., aged 22, & Anne Betts, of F. C, lic. 29 June 1784Fenny Compton

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Hornton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Banbury, 1606-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Banbury (Oxfordshire)

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

England, Oxfordshire, Hornton – 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)

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