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<br><br>'''Oxfordshire'''
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County town: Oxford
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Other major towns: Witney, Abingdon
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The county itself is mainly agricultural in terms<br> of its production, with paper, brick and cement manufacture all apparent. Famed for its university city of 'Dreaming Spires' the county is also home to the River Thames and its tributaries, the Cotswolds and the Chiltern Hills.
 
 
 
 
 
In Bladon, just south of Blenheim Palace, is the resting place of Winston Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill. Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novel, “Lark Rise to Candleford” describes her childhood in the 1880s in the hamlet of Juniper in the north of the county.
 
 
 
 
 
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==Register Office==
 
 
 
Copy certificates for the whole of Oxfordshire can be ordered online via the county registration service
 
 
 
'''Oxford Register Office'''<BR>
 
1 Tidmarsh Lane <br>
 
Oxford<br>
 
OX1 1NS<br>
 
Tel 0845 129 5900<br>
 
E-mail registeroffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk
 
 
 
''Note a handling charge of £1.50 is made for credit card payments''
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Record Office Lookup Requests==
 
 
 
Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
 
 
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
 
 
'''Record Office Lookup Contacts'''
 
 
 
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
 
 
 
Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
 
 
 
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Photo Offers==
 
 
 
Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Links==
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/councilservices?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Council%20Services/Leisure%20and%20culture/History%20and%20heritage/Oxfordshire%20Record%20Office/ '''County Record Office''']
 
 
 
*[http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/oxfords.html Library Links]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Local History Society'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
 
 
 
 
 
'''OPC'''
 
 
 
 
 
'''Archives'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyOxford.htm#PageTitle IGI Oxfordshire]
 
 
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/oxon.html Local History Directory]
 
 
 
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
 
 
 
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
 
 
 
*[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waout0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Family and Social History'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/oxon/oxfordshire.htm Oxford Workhouses]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Maps & Photographs'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/web/ofhs.html Map of Oxfordshire Parishes]
 
 
 
*[http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/area.php?area=oxfordshire Gravestone Photographs ]
 
 
 
*http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Countywide Interest'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.spaceagency.co.uk/villages/index.php Discover Oxfordshire Villages]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxdordshire Parishes and Villages] - ongoing
 
 
 
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History: Oxfordshire] 
 
 
 
*[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
 
 
 
*[http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ Oxfordshire Churches]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ontalink.com/genealogy/counties/oxfordshire/ Oxfordshire Genealogy Research]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Specific Town/Village Interest'''
 
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury and surrounding area Family History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cowleyhistory.org.uk/ Cowley History]
 
 
 
*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/OXF/Cuddesdon/mi.txt Transcribed Names from Memorials and Graves in Cuddesdon Churchyard]
 
 
 
*[http://www.deddington.org.uk/ Deddington OnLine]
 
 
 
*[http://www.eynsham.org/eynhistgen.html Eynsham History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.faringdon.org/hyhistory1.htm Faringdon Online]
 
 
 
*[http://www.headington.org.uk/family_history/index.htm Headington Area Family History site]
 
 
 
*[http://www.horspath.org.uk/ Horspath]
 
 
 
*[http://www.iffleyhistory.org.uk/ Iffley History Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.kennington.org/ Kennington]
 
 
 
*[http://www.kbsonline.org.uk/ Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor]
 
 
 
*[http://www.lewknor.org.uk/genealogy.htm Lewknor Genealogy]
 
 
 
*[http://www.littlecoxwell.com/ Little Coxwell]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/netherworton/index.html Nether Worton]
 
 
 
*[http://home.btconnect.com/stgiles_noke/fhistory.htm Church of St Giles, Noke]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]
 
 
 
*[http://radleyvillage.org.uk/index.html Radley Village]
 
 
 
*[http://www.thame.net/history.htm Thame]
 
 
 
*[http://uk.geocities.com/david.hemming1@btinternet.com/history Wallingford History Gateway]
 
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