Heyford, Lover, or Heyford at Bridge, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Heyford, Lover, or Heyford-at-Bridge, a parish in Oxfordshire, on the river Cherwell, the Oxford Canal, and the Oxford and Birmingham branch of the G.W.R., on which it has a station, 6 miles WNW from Bicester. It contains the village of Lower Heyford, which has a post and money order office under Banbury. It includes also the hamlet of Caulcott. Acreage, 1764; population, 515. The manor belongs to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £305 with residence. Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower. There is a United Methodist chapel in the village, and a Wesleyan chapel at Caulcott. At Caulcott there is an infant school which is supported by the Earl of Jersey.

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.

Land and Property

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Oxford Journal
• Banbury Advertiser
• Banbury Guardian
• Oxford University and City Herald
• Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette
• Faringdon Advertiser and Vale of the White Horse Gazette
• Oxford Times
• Banbury Beacon
• Ossett Observer

Visitations Heraldic

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