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The ParishThe parish of Heythrop lies in northwestern Oxfordshire, not too far from its border with neighbouring Warwickshire. Heythrop is located about 3 miles east of the market town of Chipping Norton. There is little remaining of Heythrop or its smaller neighbour Dunthrop, the remaining properties lying along a narrow out-and-back lane situated about 2 miles south of the A361 road which connects Chipping Norton with Banbury. Heythrop parish is dominated by the former estate of Heythrop House, a baroque palace built for the first Duke Of Shrewsbury and today a Hotel, golf course & "leisure complex" - Heythrop Park Resort. At the time of this transcript Heythrop would have been largely controlled by the estate with farming dominant and a mixed regime in place. Heythrop is drained southeastwards by headwaters of the River Glyme, which joins the Evenlode and thence the Thames to reach the North Sea through London & the Thames Estuary. Heythrop & Dunthrop are sited at around 200 metres above the sea, the two separated by the 30 metre deep valley, the surrounding landscape is rolling limestone countryside ascending steadily westwards into the Cotswold ranges. Local heights reach just to 220 metres or so. Heythrop parish was small for the area which trends towards larger parishes on the more open country of the Cotswolds, it covered just over 1,700 acres and would have supported a population of around 200 parishioners. In Domesday times Heythrop was held by one Hascoit Musard and Dunthrop by Bishop Gilbert of Lisieux, collectively they could offer 6 ploughs, small meadows and a mill. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 7th December 1754 - 1771 | Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR133/1/R1/1 | Plain, unruled book, a continuation of the extant composite register in contravention of Hardwicke's segregation & wording requirements | Grade 4 Register - there are notable quality issues with this register which may have resulted in many misreads | Marriage entries can be found scattered through other entry types and also somewhat randomly, it is likely that some omissions may occur |
2 | 29th October 1778 - 8th May 1808 | Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR133/1/R3/1 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 18th April 1814 - 8th May 1837 | Oxfordshire History Centre - Reference - PAR133/1/R3/2 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
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Rollright St Andrew
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Swerford St
Mary (detached)
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Swerford
St Mary (detached)
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Chipping Norton
St Mary
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Little Tew
St John the Evangelist
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Enstone
St Kenelm
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Enstone St
Kenelm
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Enstone
St Kenelm
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