Tracing Your Oxfordshire Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians
Oxfordshire has a proud history as an agricultural county, relying for centuries on the wool trade for its prosperity. It is also famous for the founding of Oxford University in the eleventh century and for the Morris Motors car factory established in Oxford in 1912. The county is richly endowed with churches, museums, stately homes, industrial heritage sites and other places of interest, all offering a fascinating insight into its past and its present.

In this informative and practical guide, Nicola Lisle explores Oxfordshire’s diverse history, including its industries and occupations, education, religion, transport, law and order, health services, migration and immigration, leisure pursuits and the impact of both world wars. Each chapter includes details of relevant archives, libraries, online resources, further reading and places to visit, together with case studies and research tips.

This is an essential handbook for anyone with an interest in Oxfordshire local and family history, and is suitable both for beginners and for more experienced researchers.
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Tracing Your Oxfordshire Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians
Oxfordshire has a proud history as an agricultural county, relying for centuries on the wool trade for its prosperity. It is also famous for the founding of Oxford University in the eleventh century and for the Morris Motors car factory established in Oxford in 1912. The county is richly endowed with churches, museums, stately homes, industrial heritage sites and other places of interest, all offering a fascinating insight into its past and its present.

In this informative and practical guide, Nicola Lisle explores Oxfordshire’s diverse history, including its industries and occupations, education, religion, transport, law and order, health services, migration and immigration, leisure pursuits and the impact of both world wars. Each chapter includes details of relevant archives, libraries, online resources, further reading and places to visit, together with case studies and research tips.

This is an essential handbook for anyone with an interest in Oxfordshire local and family history, and is suitable both for beginners and for more experienced researchers.
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Tracing Your Oxfordshire Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians

Tracing Your Oxfordshire Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians

by Nicola Lisle
Tracing Your Oxfordshire Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians

Tracing Your Oxfordshire Ancestors: A Guide for Family & Local Historians

by Nicola Lisle

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Overview

Oxfordshire has a proud history as an agricultural county, relying for centuries on the wool trade for its prosperity. It is also famous for the founding of Oxford University in the eleventh century and for the Morris Motors car factory established in Oxford in 1912. The county is richly endowed with churches, museums, stately homes, industrial heritage sites and other places of interest, all offering a fascinating insight into its past and its present.

In this informative and practical guide, Nicola Lisle explores Oxfordshire’s diverse history, including its industries and occupations, education, religion, transport, law and order, health services, migration and immigration, leisure pursuits and the impact of both world wars. Each chapter includes details of relevant archives, libraries, online resources, further reading and places to visit, together with case studies and research tips.

This is an essential handbook for anyone with an interest in Oxfordshire local and family history, and is suitable both for beginners and for more experienced researchers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526723956
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 02/21/2019
Series: Tracing Your Ancestors
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nicola Lisle is a freelance journalist and author specialising in local history, family history and the arts. She has lived in Oxfordshire for thirty years and writes regularly for her local county magazine, Oxfordshire Limited Edition. She has contributed to several family history magazines including Who Do You Think You Are?, Your Family History and Discover Your Ancestors, and is the author of Tracing Your Family History Made Easy, published by Which? Books in 2011.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

Abbreviations vii

Chapter 1 Introduction to Oxfordshire 1

A Brief History of Oxfordshire 2

Organisation of the County 6

Overview of Oxfordshire's Archives and Resources 10

Other Archives 13

How to Use this Book 15

Further Reading 17

Chapter 2 Getting Started with Oxfordshire Records 18

Civil Registration 18

Census Returns 21

Probate Records 24

Poll Books and Electoral Registers 27

Directories 28

Newspapers and Magazines 29

Maps 31

Photographs and Oral Histories 32

Diaries and Personal Papers 33

Further Reading 34

Chapter 3 Church of England and Non-Conformity 35

Parish Registers and Bishops' Transcripts 36

Non-Conformists and Other Faiths 39

Baptists 42

Quakers 42

Methodists 43

Congregationalists and the United Reformed Church 44

Roman Catholics 44

Jews 46

Graves and Monumental Inscriptions 47

Places to Visit 49

Further Reading 50

Chapter 4 Healthcare, Poverty and Crime 52

Local Hospitals and Healthcare 52

Looking After the Poor 58

Criminal Ancestors 62

Police 67

Places to Visit 68

Further Reading 68

Chapter 5 Agricultural Industries 70

The Cotswold Wool Trade 70

Brewing 79

Finding Textile and Brewing Ancestors 81

Places to Visit 83

Further Reading 84

Chapter 6 Transport and Industry 85

Canals 86

Railways 92

The Age of Industry 97

Publishing and the Oxford University Press 101

Car Manufacturing 106

Places to Visit 113

Further Reading 118

Chapter 7 Education 120

Oxford University 120

Schools 128

Adult Education 130

Further Reading 132

Chapter 8 Oxfordshire at War 134

Oxfordshire Regiments 134

Military Resources 138

War Graves and Memorials 144

Life on the Home Front 149

Places to Visit 152

Further Reading 153

Chapter 9 Oxfordshire at Play 155

Theatre and Music 155

Sport and Leisure 163

Morris Dancing 167

Places to Visit 168

Further Reading 169

Chapter 10 Directory of Archives, Libraries and Other Useful Resources 171

Government Organisations 171

National Archives and Libraries 172

Local Archives and Libraries 175

Museums, Heritage Centres and Other Places of Historical Interest 177

Family and Local History Societies 190

Useful Websites 192

Family History Mailing Lists and Online Forums 195

Index 196

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