Sibford, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Sibford is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Oxfordshire, created in 1842 from Swalcliffe Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Sibford Gower, Sibford Ferris, Epwell, and Broad Sibford.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Sibford

  • Parish registers: 1840
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1840

Epwell

  • Parish registers: 1577
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1722

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Sibford

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SIBFORD, a chapelry, with two townships, in Swalcliffe parish, Oxford; on the railway forming in 1868 from Edenton to Blockley, 7¼ miles WSW of Banbury. It has a post-office under Banbury. Acres, 2,510. Real property, £5,561. Pop., 796. Houses, 184. The manor belongs to J. H. Sheldon, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £235. Patron, New College, Oxford. The church was built in 1840. There are chapels for Quakers and Wesleyans, an endowed school with £30 a year, new schools built in 1867, a Quakers’ school, and charities £105.

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

Sibford Ferris

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Sibford-Ferris, a hamlet in the parish of Swalcliffe, county of Oxford; 7¼ miles south-west by west of Banbury. Tithes commuted in 1789. Acres 820. Houses 54. A. P. £1,686. Pop., in 1801, 213; in 1831, 248. Poor rates, in 1838, £93 10s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Sibford Gower

Sibford-Gower, a hamlet in the parish of Swalcliffe, county of Oxford; 7¼ miles west by south of Banbury. Tithes and moduses commuted in 1773. Here is a daily free school, supported by endowment. Acres 1,690. Houses 116. A. P. £2,806. Pop., in 1801, 397 ; in 1831, 507. Poor rates, in 1838, £326 19s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Sibford Ferris

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

England, Oxfordshire, Sibford Ferris – Church records ( 1 )
Sibford Holy Trinity Oxfordshire parish registers
Author: Wood, Vera; Church of England. Chapelry of Sibford (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Sibford Ferris – Probate records ( 2 )
The Peculiar Court of Banbury and Cropredy
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Banbury, Oxfordshire); Church of England. Peculiar Court (Cropredy, Oxford); EurekA Partnership

Wills and administrations, 1732-1829
Author: Manor of Sibford. Court (Oxford)

Sibford Gower

England, Oxfordshire, Sibford Gower – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Sibford Gower Methodist Church & Shellingford
Author: Eustace, Margaret; Eustace, Eric; Howse, Violet M. (Violet Mary); Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Oxfordshire, Sibford Gower – Church records ( 1 )
Sibford Holy Trinity Oxfordshire parish registers
Author: Wood, Vera; Church of England. Chapelry of Sibford (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Sibford Gower – Probate records ( 2 )
The Peculiar Court of Banbury and Cropredy
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Banbury, Oxfordshire); Church of England. Peculiar Court (Cropredy, Oxford); EurekA Partnership

Wills and administrations, 1732-1829
Author: Manor of Sibford. Court (Oxford)

Epwell

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

England, Oxfordshire, Epwell – Church records ( 3 )
Banbury Wesleyan Methodist, Marlborough Road, Oxfordshire : register of baptisms, 1905-1972
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Banbury, Oxfordshire); Wood, Vera; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Epwell, 1722-1853
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Epwell (Oxfordshire)

Parish registers for Epwell, 1761-1940
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Epwell (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Epwell – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Epwell, Oxon., Eng

England, Oxfordshire, Epwell – Schools ( 1 )
Epwell School records, 1900
Author: Epwell School (Oxfordshire)

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 Peculiar of the Manor of Sibford
  • Diocese: Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Deddington
  • Poor Law Union: Banbury
  • Hundred: Bloxham
  • Province: Canterbury