Place:Sarsden, Oxfordshire, England

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Sarsden is a village within the post-1974 civil parish of Churchill and Sarsden and is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Sarsden House is a country house, rebuilt in 1689 after it was damaged by fire. In 1795 Humphry Repton (1752-1818) landscaped the park, adding a serpentine lake and a Doric temple. In about 1825 Repton's son, the architect G. S. Repton (died 1858), remodelled the house for James Langston.

The Church of England parish church of Saint James was rebuilt in 1760. G. S. Repton added a cruciform extension to the east in 1823. In 1896 the architect Walter Mills of Banbury remodelled the north transept and added the bellcote.

Sarsgrove House, or the Dower House, is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Sarsden. G. S. Repton remodelled it as a large cottage orné in 1825.

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.