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
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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].
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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