Oddington, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Oddington, a parish in Oxfordshire, on the river Ray, and on the Roman road to Alcester, 2 miles E by N of Islip station on the Oxford and Banbury branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 8 NE of Oxford. Post town, Oxford; money order and telegraph office, Islip. Acreage, 1363; population, 161. There is a parish council consisting of five members and a chairman. A Cistercian abbey was founded at Oddington Grange in the time of Stephen by Sir Robert de Gait, and was removed to Thame by Bishop Alexander. A Saxon camp was on the quondam common of Otmoor, and ancient coins, pottery, and other relics have been found there. There are two mineral springs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £215 with residence. The church, a small but ancient building of stone, is of mixed architecture, partly Decorated with a Norman door; comprises nave and chancel, the latter rebuilt in 1821; a north aisle which was added in 1886 at a cost of about £1200; has a square tower; and contains a curious brass of 1600.

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 Oddington from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

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

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

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.