Kiddington, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Kiddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Asterley Farm and House, Asterley, Asterleigh, Over Kiddington, Nether Kiddington, and Asterly Farm and House.

Alternative names: Cuddington

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1573
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1722

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Roman Catholic.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIDDINGTON, or CUDDINGTON, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the river Glyme, and on a branch of Akeman street, 4½ miles W by S of Heyford r. station, and 4½ NW by N of Woodstock. It comprises the hamlets of Nether K. and Over K., divided by the Glyme; and has a post-office under Woodstock. Acres, 2, 450. Real property, £3, 339. Pop., 305. Houses, 57. The manor was known to the Saxons as Cendenton, so named from Coed, “a wood;” was given, about 780, by Offa, to Worcester abbey; went, at the Conquest, to Musard; passed to the Salceys, the Willescotes, the Babingtons, and the Brownes; and belongs now, with Kiddington Hall, to H. L. Gaskell, Esq. A Roman camp is at Hillwood; and remains of an old cross are in Over K. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £497. Patron, Viscount Dillon. The church was built about 1400, on the site of a Norman one; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with W tower; contains a brass of the Rev. W. Goodyear; and is in good repair. There is a national school.

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

Kiddington Parish Registers

The Catholic Registers of Kiddington Oxfordshire 1788 to 1840 Publications of the Catholic Record Society Vol. XVII. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Oxfordshire, Cuddington

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

England, Oxfordshire, Kiddington – Church records ( 2 )
Church records, 1788-1890
Author: Catholic Church (Kiddington, Oxfordshire)

Kidlington St. Mary Oxfordshire parish registers
Author: Martin, R. C.; Church of England. Parish Church of Kidlington

England, Oxfordshire, Kiddington – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Kiddington, Roman Catholic Church, Oxon, Eng

England, Oxfordshire, Kiddington – History ( 1 )
The history and antiquities of Kiddington : first published as a specimen of a history of Oxfordshire
Author: Warton, Thomas

Maps

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

Administration

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