Oddington, Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Oddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.
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Parish registers begin: 1549
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Adjacent Parishes
- Evenlode Worcestershire
- Bledington
- Icomb
- Adlestrop
- Daylesford Worcestershire
- Broadwell
- Stow-on-the-Wold
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ODDINGTON, two villages and a parish in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester.
The villages stand ¾ of a mile SW of the river Evenlode, near the boundary with Oxford, 1½ mile SW of Addlestrop r. station, and 2½ E of Stow-on-the-Wold; bear the names of Upper and Lower O.; and have a post-office under Chipping-Norton.
The parish comprises 1,660 acres. Real property, £3,468. Pop., 588. Houses, 141. The property is much subdivided. The manor, with Oddington House, belongs to Sir John Reade, Bart.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £344. Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester.
The old church stands about ½ a mile from the villages, in a finely wooded vale; is partly Norman, with interesting features; and has ceased to be used.
The new church stands near the centre of the villages; was built in 1854; is in the pointed style; comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel; and has several handsome painted windows.
There are a national school, and charities £4. Chamberlayne, the author of “Angliæ Notitia,” was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Oddington, a parish in the upper division of Slaughter hund., union of Stow-on-the-Wold, county of Gloucester; 2 miles east of Stow-on-the-Wold, and west of the Evenlode river.
Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. and dio. of Gloucester, now in the dio. of Gloucester and Bristol; rated at £21 7s. 1d.; gross income £415. Tithes commuted in 1786. Patron, the precentor of the York cathedral.
Here are 5 daily schools. Charities, in 1826, £3 14s. 8d. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £252. Acres 1,660. Houses 110. A.P. £2,883. Pop., in 1801, 421; in 1831, 539.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Oddington, 1 m. S.E. Stow. P. 525
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Cox, William (Coxe), of Slimbridge, co. Gloucester, clerk, bachelor, about 40, and Katherine Chamberlaine, of Oddington, said county, spinster, about 24, consent of father, Thomas Chamberlaine, of same, esq., alleged by Edward Chamberlaine, of the city of Westminster, gent. — at Oddington, or Overswell, co. Gloucester. 26 Dec. 1663. V
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Stow on the Wold
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol, Pre 1836 – Gloucester
- Rural Deanery: Stow
- Poor Law Union: Stow on the Wold
- Hundred: Slaughter
- Province: Canterbury