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Holwell, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Holwell, an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1850, in Bradwell parish, Oxfordshire. It lies near the boundary with Gloucestershire, 2½ iriiles SSW from Burford, and 4½ NNW from Alvescot station on the G.W.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Burford (R.S.O.) Population, 184. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; gross yearly value, £110 with residence. The church is modern, and in the Early English style.

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 
Civil parishBroadwell 
HundredBampton 
Poor Law unionWitney 

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 Holwell from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Holwell are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Oxfordshire newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

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

DistrictWest Oxfordshire
CountyOxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtOX18

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