Oddington, Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Oddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1704
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1700; 1721
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ODDINGTON, a parish in Bicester district, Oxford; on the river Ray, and on the Roman road to Alcester, 2 miles E by N of Islip r. station, and 6¾ SSW of Bicester. Post town, Islip, under Oxford. Acres, 1, 410. Real property, £2,086. Pop., 169. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Sawyer, Esq. A Cistertian abbey was founded at Oddington Grange, in the time of Stephen, by Sir Robert de Gait; and was removed to Thame by Bishop Alexander. A Saxon camp was on the quondam common of Otmoor; and ancient coins, pottery, and other relics have been found there. There are two mineral springs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £350. Patron, Trinity College, Oxford. The church is of mixed architecture, partly ancient with a Norman door; comprises nave and chancel, the latter rebuilt in 1821; has a square tower; and contains a curious brass of 1500. There is a free school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Oxfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bicester
- Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
- Diocese: Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1852 – Bicester, Post-1851 – Islip
- Poor Law Union: Bicester
- Hundred: Ploughley
- Province: Canterbury