Wolvercott, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

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Wolvercott is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Oxfordshire, created in 1759 from a chapelry in Oxford St Peter in the East Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: King’s Weir and Godstow.

Alternative names: Wolvercote, Woolvercott

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1596
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

1906 LOWER WOLVERCOTE OXFORDSHIRE
1906 LOWER WOLVERCOTE OXFORDSHIRE

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOOLVERCOTT, a parish in Woodstock district, Oxfordshire; on the Oxford and Birmingham railway, 2½ miles N by W of Oxford. It has a post-office under Oxford. Acres, 1,600. Real property, £3,856. Pop., 617. Houses, 119. The property is divided among a few. There is a paper mill, belonging to the University of Oxford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £190. Patron, Merton College, Oxford. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1860. There are a parochial school, and charities £36.

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

1938 THE WHITE HART RED LION INNS WOLVERCOTE OXFORDSHIRE
1938 THE WHITE HART RED LION INNS WOLVERCOTE OXFORDSHIRE

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Oxfordshire, Wolvercote

England, Oxfordshire, Woolvercott – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Peter’s Church, Wolvercote, Oxford : survey of monuments, 1983-1984
Author: Lisemore, Teresa; Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Oxfordshire, Woolvercott – Church records ( 3 )
A concordance of all written lawes concerning lords of mannors, theire free tenantes, and copieholders
Author: Barlee, William

Extracts from various parish registers in Bedfordshire : with notes from the registers of Bradfield, Berkshire and Wolvercote, Oxford Co.

St. Peter in the East Oxford parish registers
Author: Harris, Colin G.; Church of England. St. Peter in the East Church

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: Oxford
  • Poor Law Union: Woodstock
  • Hundred: Oxford Borough; Wootton
  • Province: Canterbury