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The ParishThe parish of Windrush lies in the extreme east of Gloucestershire close to the border with neighbouring Oxfordshire. Windrush is located about 3 miles west of the small Oxfordshire town of Burford and sits on the southern banks, appropriately enough of the River Windrush. Windrush is a small and compact village and lies just a quarter mile to the north of the A40 road which connects Oxford with Cheltenham. Windrush, as a riverside settlement, would have benefited from lush cattle pastures to complement the typical Cotswold sheep ranges, today a more arable farming regime takes precedent. The River Windrush drains the parish eastwards before joining the Thames to the southwest of Oxford and thence through the capital to the North Sea through the Thames Estuary. Windrush is sited on a steep slope, the lower parts being at 120 metres above the sea rising to the area around the church some 20 metres higher. The Windrush river is deeply incised by some 70 metres and land rises in rolling hills to around 200 metres to the northeast on Barrington Downs. Cotswold parishes are typically small in extent and Windrush was no exception, covering about 1,500 acres it would have supported a population of just over 300 parishioners. In Domesday times Windrush was unusual in being shared 4 ways and two of those shares were still retained by folk bearing Saxon names, collectively offered 16 ploughs, small meadows and 5 mills although there would seem to be some double-counting amongst the various holdings. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 27th April 1755 - 1st November 1812 | Gloucestershire Archives - Reference - P369/IN/1/4 |
Plain, ruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 7th January 1813 - 29th March 1837 | Gloucestershire Archives - Reference - P369/IN/1/5 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Sherborne
St Mary Magdalene
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Great Barrington
St Mary
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Great
Barrington St Mary
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Sherborne St
Mary Magdalene
Aldsworth St Bartholomew |
Great Barrington
St Mary
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Aldsworth
St Bartholomew
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Aldsworth
St Bartholomew
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Great
Barrington St Mary
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