Sandford on Thames, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Sandford-Upon-Thames, a village and a parish in Oxfordshire, a quarter of a mile from Littlemore station on the Wycombe, Thame, and Oxford branch of the G.W.R., and 3½ miles SSE from Oxford, with a post and telegraph office under Oxford; money order office, Littlemore. Area, 1005 acres; population, 287. A preceptory of Knights Templars was founded here by Queen Maud, passed to the Hospitallers, and at the dissolution of monasteries was given to the Powells. Some traces of the old preceptory are believed to exist in a farm house which stands a little distance NW from the church. The manor and most of the land belong to the Hussey family. In the river there is good fishing for pike, perch, and roach. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £168. The church, which was restored in 1840 and 1865, is a plain building of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower. It contains some ancient tombs and a curious old bas-relief representing the Assumption of the Virgin.

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 Sandford on Thames from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sandford (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 Sandford on Thames 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.