Swyncombe Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Swyncombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names: Sondcombe, Swincombe

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1568
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1641

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SWINCOMBE, or Swyncombe, a parish, with three hamlets, in Henley district, Oxford; among the Chiltern hills, 3 miles S of Watlington r. station. It has a post-office under Henley-on-Thames. Acres, 2,646. Real property, £3,320. Pop., 446. houses, 80. The manor belongs to the Rev.E. R. Keene. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £325. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored. There is a free school.

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

Parish Records

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England, Oxfordshire, Swyncombe

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

England, Oxfordshire, Swincombe – Church records ( 1 )
Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : South Oxon Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

England, Oxfordshire, Swincombe – History ( 1 )
Historical notices of the parishes of Swyncombe and Ewelme in the county of Oxford
Author: Napler, Henry Alfred

England, Oxfordshire, Swincombe – Schools ( 1 )
Swyncombe School records, 1864-1900
Author: Swyncombe School (Swincombe, Oxfordshire)

Maps

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

Administration

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