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The City of Oxford District was formed in 1974 in accordance with the Local Government Act of 1972. The original city of Oxford is the main settlement, but other municipalities which were formerly suburbs were added at its conception.
Research Tips
- Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, volume 4, the City of Oxford. The first five chapters are entitled "Medieval Oxford", "Early Modern Oxford", "Modern Oxford", "Boundaries", and "Outlying Parts of the Liberty". These are followed by a number of chapters dealing with various aspects of economic and social history.
- 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.
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