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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 private message the member with your queries.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Links==
 
 
 
'''Primary Reference 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]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ Oxfordshire Family History Society]
 
 
 
*[http://www.local-history.co.uk/Groups/oxon.html Local History Directory]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Countywide Interest'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.moonrakers.org.uk/md/Probate-Docs/waout0.html Index of names from wills etc pre 1858 (Hungerford & Wantage etc)]
 
 
 
*[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.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/index.html Oxfordshire Parishes and Villages]
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~oxsil/ Oxfordshire Surname Interest List]
 
 
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/oxon/oxfordshire.htm Oxfordshire Workhouses]
 
 
 
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/books/directories/fwc025oxf/intro/index.htm 1830 Pigot's Directory]
 
 
 
*[http://www.gravematters.org.uk/ Transcribing Monumental Inscriptions - Oxfordshire and Berkshire]
 
 
 
*[http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk Victoria County History: Oxfordshire] 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
 
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ Banbury 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.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html Cumnor Information]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/cumnor/index.html The Cumnor Parish Record]
 
 
 
*[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://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]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Maps and 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]
 
 
 
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