FamilySearch Wiki:England Jurisdiction Level 2 Example
Guide to Oxford St Aldate, Oxfordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| England Jurisdiction Level 2 Example | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Hormer; Oxford |
| County | Oxfordshire |
| Poor Law Union | Oxford |
| Registration District | Oxford |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1678 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1721 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Oxford |
| Diocese | Oxford |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford |
| Location of Archive | |
| Oxfordshire Record Office | |
History
St Aldgate, Oxford (City) stood within the limits of both the county of (mostly) Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The ecclesiastical chapel of St. Aldate, Oxford itself, also stood partly in Oxfordshire and partly in Berkshire. It was a parochial chapel in that it possessed ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the chapelry of Christ Church, Oxford, and also was part of the parish of North Hinksey, in Berkshire. The parish of St Aldate contained within its boundary, Pembroke College as well.
Oxford, was a parliamentary and municipal borough, city, a large market town, and the county town of Oxfordshire, between the rivers Cherwell and Thames, or Isis, and 27 miles northwest of Reading.[1]
Places
Surrounding Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Oxford St. Aldate Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Berkshire | ||||||
| Parish Registers - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Berkshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Berkshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Berkshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Berkshire ($)
- Oxfordshire Family History Society - Berkshire
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Land and Property
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Newspapers
Poor Law
Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Oxfordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Schools and Education
Taxation
Repositories
Archives
Libraries
Societies
Research Helps
References
- ↑ John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870). Adapted. Accessed: 17 Apr 2013.
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