Westwell, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Westwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1576
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1697; 1721

Nonconformists include: Protestant Dissenters

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WESTWELL, a parish in Witney district, Oxford; 2 miles SW of Burford r. station. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acres, 890. Real property, £1,243. Pop., 169. Houses, 35. The manor belongs to the Pinnells The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £159. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is Norman. There is a parochial school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Westwell – Church records ( 2 )
Chipping Norton and Stow Primitive Methodist Circuit : baptisms 1863-1930 Author: EurekA Partnership; Chipping Norton and Stow Primitive Methodist Circuit

Parish registers for Westwell, 1576-1701 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Westwell (Oxfordshire)

Administration

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