Place:Lyneham, Oxfordshire, England

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Lyneham is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It is bounded to the southwest by the River Evenlode, to the southeast by the A361 road linking Chipping Norton and Burford, and on other sides by field boundaries. The 2011 UK census recorded the parish's population as 153.

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

"LYNEHAM, a hamlet in Shipton-under-Wychwood parish, Oxford; on the river Evenlode, 4¼ miles SW of Chipping-Norton. Acres: 1,650. Real property: £2,204. Population: 237. Houses: 50. A schoolroom is here, and is used as a chapel of ease."

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.