Place:Barford St. John, Oxfordshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

Barford St. John was a chapelry or "chapel of ease" in the parish of Adderbury in Oxfordshire, England until 1866. It became a separate civil parish from 1866 until 1832 when it was absorbed into the larger parish of Barford St. John and St. Michael.

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Barford St. John is a small village on the north bank of the River Swere, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Banbury. In the Middle Ages it was sometimes called Little Barford or North Barford to distinguish it from the larger village of Barford St. Michael on the opposite bank of the Swere. (Barford St. Michael was in Wootton Hundred.)

All sources save Wikipedia state that St. John's was a dependent chapelry of the parish church of Adderbury. The parish of St. John and St. Michael and that of Deddington and Hempton are now run as a single benefice.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, volume 9, chapter on Adderbury includes references to Barford St. John.
• 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.