Wood Eaton, Oxfordshire

Historical Description

Wood Eaton, a parish in Oxfordshire, 1¾ mile SSE of Islip station on the Bletchley and Oxford branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 4 miles NE from Oxford. Post town, Oxford; money order and telegraph office, Islip. Acreage, 788; population, 84. Wood Eaton House is a chief residence. The manor belongs to the Weyland family. Ancient British coins and Roman remains have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £106 with residence. The church is a small and ancient edifice of stone in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, and an embattled tower.

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

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wood Eaton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wood-Eaton (Holy Rood))

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.