Yarnton, Oxfordshire Family History Guide
Yarnton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Oxfordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Oxey Mead, Pixey Mead, West Mead.
Alternative names:
- Eardington
- Yardington
- Yarington
- Yearington
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1569
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1723
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
YARNTON, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Woodstock district, Oxfordshire; on the West Midland railway, at the junction of the lines from Witney and from Bletchley, 4 miles NNW of Oxford. Post town, Kidlington, under Oxford. Acres, 1,613. Real property, £3,243. Pop., 294. Houses, 68. The manor belongs to Sir H. W. Dashwood, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value £290. Patrons, Sir H. W. Dashwood, Bart., three turns, and All Souls College, Oxford, one turn. The church is early English; and the churchyard contains a curious early English cross. Charities, £10.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Yarnton Marriages 1659-1837
Oxfordshire parish registers. V2. – HathiTrust
Parish Records
FamilySearch
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