Westcote Barton, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Westcote Barton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Alternative names:

  • Barton Westcot
  • Little Barton
  • Westcote Barton
  • Westcott Barton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1719

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARTON-WESTCOT, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; on a tributary of the Cherwell river, 2¾ miles W of Heyford r. station, and 4½ SSW of Deddington. Post Town, Sandford, under Oxford. Acres, 650. Real property, £1,579. Pop., 302. Houses, 70. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £230. Patron, Mrs. Seagrave. The church has some Norman features, and was restored in 1856.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Oxfordshire, Westcott-Barton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wescott Barton, Oxon., Eng

Maps

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

Administration

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