Place:Wardington, Oxfordshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Wardington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Banbury. The village consists of two parts: Wardington (or Lower Wardington) and Upper Wardington. The village is on a stream that rises in Upper Wardington and flows north to join the River Cherwell.

The parish includes the hamlet of Williamscot, about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Wardington. The parish is bounded to the west and north by the River Cherwell, to the south by a stream that joins the Cherwell, and to the northeast by field boundaries. Its northeastern and southern boundaries also form part of the county boundary with Northamptonshire. The 2011 UK Census recorded the parish's population as 602.

Wardington became a civil parish in 1866. Prior to that it had been a chapelry in the parish of Cropredy. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time)

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Wardington.

Research Tips

Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, volume 10, chapter on Wardington.

• 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.