Shutford, Oxfordshire Family History Guide

Shutford is a chapelry of Swalcliffe Ancient Parish in Oxfordshire.

Other places in the parish: East Shutford, West Shutford

Church: St. Martin

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1698; see also Swalcliffe
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHUTFORD, a chapelry in Swalcliffe parish, Oxford; 5 miles W of Banbury r. station. It has a postal pillar-box under Banbury. Acres, 640. Real property, £2,840. Pop., 386. Houses, 98. The living is annexed to Swalcliffe. The church was repaired in 1841. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.

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

East Shutford

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Shutford (East), a chapelry in the parish of Swalcliffe, county of Oxford; 5 miles west by north of Banbury. Living, a curacy to the vicarage of Swalcliffe. Acreage and A. P. with Shutford-West. Houses 4. Pop., in 1801, 31 ; in 1831, 31.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Shutford, East, a chapelry, in the parish of Swalcliffe, union and hundred of Banbury, county of Oxford, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Banbury; containing 31 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Martin.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

West Shutford

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Shutford (West), a township in the parish of Swalcliffe; 5 miles west of Banbury, watered by a branch of the Cherwell. Great and vicarial tithes, moduses, &c, commuted in 1765. Acres, including Shutford East, 640. Houses 90. A. P. £2,062. Pop., in 1801, 276; in 1831, 431. Poor rates, in 1838, £188 6s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Shutford, West, a township, in the parish of Swalcliffe, union and hundred of Banbury, county of Oxford, 5 ½ miles (W.) from Banbury; containing 418 inhabitants. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1765.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
Thomas Rench, p. Shutford, Oxon, & Elizabeth Neale 26 Nov. 1781Fenny Compton

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Oxfordshire, Shutford – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Shutford, East and West, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Oxfordshire, Shutford – Church records ( 2 )
Banbury Wesleyan Methodist, Marlborough Road, Oxfordshire : register of baptisms, 1905-1972
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Banbury, Oxfordshire); Wood, Vera; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Shutford parish register, 1698-1840
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shutford; Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wycherly, 1934-

England, Oxfordshire, Shutford – Schools ( 1 )
Shutford National School records, 1869-1900
Author: Shutford National School (Oxfordshire)

Administration

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