Place:Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England

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Hook Norton is a traditional ironstone village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, several miles (kilometres) outside the Cotswold Hills. It is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Chipping Norton. In the UK census of 2011 it had a population of 2,117.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hook Norton.

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.