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Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Hampton Poyle, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire, on the river Cherwell, 1½ mile NE from Ridlington station on the G.W.R., and 4½ E from Woodstock. Post town, Oxford; money order and telegraph office, Ridlington. Acreage, 807; population, 106. The manor belonged formerly to the family of Poyle, and now belongs to Viscount Va-lentia. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net yearly value, £86. Patron, Queen's College, Oxford. The church was built in the 14th century, has in the chancel a good Early Decorated English window, and contains two fine effigies of a cross-legged warrior and his lady, and a brass of John Poyle of 1424.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyOxfordshire 
Ecclesiastical parishHampton-Poyle St. Mary 
HundredPloughley 
Poor Law unionWoodstock 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre, have images of the Parish Registers for Oxfordshire online.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hampton Poyle from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Oxfordshire is available online


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Oxfordshire, 1566, 1574 &1634 are available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictCherwell
CountyOxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtOX5
Post TownKidlington

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