Shenington Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Shenington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire. Originally an exclave of Gloucestershire until the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Alternative names:
Parish church: Holy Trinity
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1721
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1578; 1613
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHENINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Banbury district, Oxford; 6 miles WNW of Banbury r. station. It has a post-office under Banbury. Acres, 1,340. Real property, £3,054. Pop., 415. Houses, 104. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £321. Patron, Lady Jersey. The church is decorated and later English. There are a dissenting chapel, a free school, and charities £6.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
SHENINGTON (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Banbury, N. division of the hundred of Bloxham, county of Oxford, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from Banbury; containing 463 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded by the county of Warwick, comprises 1434a. 3r. 8p. of land, chiefly arable: the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and turnips; the surface is hilly, and the scenery in some parts beautifully romantic. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £15. 3. 4.; net income, £321; patron, the Earl of Jersey. The church, a handsome structure in the decorated English style, was partly rebuilt in the last century, without due regard to the preservation of its original character: the situation is beautiful.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Oxfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Banbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Campden
- Poor Law Union: Banbury
- Hundred: Bloxham
- Province: Canterbury