Iffley, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Iffley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Hockmoor.

Alternative names:

  • Eiffley
  • Eifley
  • Ifley
  • Yeffley
  • Yeftly
  • Yeiffley
  • Yieffley

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1572
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

IFFLEY, a village and a parish in Headington district, Oxfordshire. The village stands on a height adjacent to the river Thames, at the boundary with Berks, near the Oxford railway, 1¾ mile SE by S of Oxford; commands pleasant views of Oxford and the river; was anciently called Givetelei, signifying “the gift field;” and has a post-office under Oxford. The parish contains also Hockmoor hamlet; includes 1, 090 acres of Littlemore liberty; and comprises altogether 1, 769 acres. Real property, exc. of Littlemore, £4, 285; inc. of all Littlemore, £6, 003. Pop., exc. of L., 770; inc. of the part of L., 1, 004. Houses, 218. The manor belonged to the Black monks of Kenilworth. Limestone, for rough building, is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. Patron, the Archdeacon of Oxford. The church is chiefly Norman, with three magnificent Norman doorways; has an early English chancel, good painted glass windows, and a Norman tower; and contains a large, square, Norman font, in which, according to tradition, Edward the Confessor was baptized. The churchyard contains a venerable yew tree, and a restored cross. An old parsonage, of picturesque appearance, with some fine panelled rooms, is adjacent. There are a national school, and charities £147.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Oxfordshire, Iffley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Cemetery records (incomplete) Iffley Parish Church (SaintMary the Virgin), Iffley Oxfordshire, England

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

England, Oxfordshire, Iffley – Church records ( 2 )
Littlemore St. Mary and St. Nicholas, Oxfordshire parish registers
Author: Johnson, Joan, 1915-; Johnson, Harry; Church of England. Chapelry of Littlemoor (Oxfordshire)

Marriages of Iffley & Mixbury, Oxfordshire, England, 1574-1812

England, Oxfordshire, Iffley – History ( 1 )
An account of the township of Iffley, in the deanery of Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, from the earliest notice
Author: Marshall, Edward

Maps

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

Administration

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