Horton cum Studley, Oxfordshire
Historical Description
Horton-cum-Studley, an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1880 from the civil parish of Beckley in Oxfordshire, on the borders of Bucks, 7 miles NE by E from Oxford. Post town, Oxford; money order and telegraph office, Headington. .Acreage, 1287; population, 340. Studley Priory was founded and endowed in 1160, in the reign of Henry II., by Bernard of St Walery, and dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary. At the time of its surrender, in 1540, there were fifteen nuns of the order of St Benedict residing in it It was granted by Henry VIII. to the Croke family. The house has been altered and partly rebuilt, now presents the appearance of an Elizabethan mansion of great beauty, and is charmingly situated. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net yearly value, £200. The church is a modern building of coloured brick, founded at the expense of the late Eev. G. J. Cooke, vicar of Beckley.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Oxfordshire | |
| Civil parish | Beckley | |
| Hundred | Bullingdon | |
| Poor Law union | Headington |
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 Horton cum Studley from the following:
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.