Kencot, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Kencot is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names: Kencott

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1584
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Bampton Proper
• Clanfield
• Faringdon
• Bradwell
• Alvescot
• Shilton

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KENCOTT, a parish, with a village, in Witney district, Oxford; 5 miles NE by N of Lechlade, and 7 NNW of Faringdon r. station. Post town, Lechlade, under Swindon. Acres, 770. Real property, £1, 644. Pop., 214. Houses, 50. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to John Large, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £300. Patron, H. Hammersley, Esq. The church is ancient, and was repaired in 1859.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Kencott – History ( 1 )
The history of Kencot, Oxfordshire
Author: Fisher, A. S. T.

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: Witney
• Poor Law Union: Witney
• Hundred: Bampton (Oxfordshire)
• Province: Canterbury