Place:Attington, Oxfordshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Attington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"ATTINGTON, an extra-parochial tract in Thame [registration] district, Oxford; 3 miles S of Thame. Acres: 435. Population: 15. Houses: 3."

Attington was an extra parochial area immediately south of Thame parish and east of Tetsworth. It was made a civil parish in 1858 and in 1932 was absorbed into the parish of Tetsworth. Between 1894 and 1932 it was part of the Thame Rural District.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, volume 7, chapter on Thame includes references to Attington.
• A map illustrating the parishes of southeast Oxfordshire as of 1900 will be found under Thame Hundred
• Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
• Oxfordshire FHS covers the whole county. The Family History Society provides an interactive map to assist in locating individual parishes and also relates the society's progress in transcribing parish registers and gravestone information for that particular parish. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.