Place:Great Rollright, Oxfordshire, England

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Great Rollright is a parish on the Oxfordshire-Warwickshire border, about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It is named after the megalithic Rollright Stones located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the west.

The civil parish of Rollright was formed in 1932 from the former civil parishes of Great Rollright and Little Rollright.

The mediaeval Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew has Norman, Early English, Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular Gothic features. St. Andrew's was restored in 1852 under the direction of the Oxford Diocesan architect, GE Street. St. Andrew's is a Grade I listed building.

Research Tips

• This part of Oxfordshire is not covered by the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire.
• 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.