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Westwell, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Westwell, a parish in Oxfordshire, 2 miles SW of Burford, and 5 NW from Alvescot station on the G.W.R. Post town, Burford, under Faringdon. Acreage, 1445; population, 90. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, who are also chief landowners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £114 with residence. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is a small but ancient building of stone chiefly of the Transition Norman period, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a modern addition to the W end. It has a Norman font and some ancient and interesting tombs and memorials.

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 parishWestwell St. Mary 
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.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Westwell 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 Westwell are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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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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