Horsepath, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Horsepath, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire. The village stands under a hill, 2 miles W by S from Wheatley station on the G.W.R., and 4 ESE from Oxford. Post town, money order, and telegraph office, Wheatley. Acreage, 1154; population, 330. The manor belongs to the Earl of Mactles-field. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £114. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church is an ancient cruciform building of stone in mixed styles, consists of nave and chancel with a tower, and has in its tower wall two rude figures, said to be those of its founders. There is a small Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

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

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 Horsepath from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Horsepath (St. Giles))

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.