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Oxford St. Martin and All Saints
Oxford All Saints was granted or confirmed to St. Frideswide's priory at its foundation in 1122. Roger, bishop of Salisbury, took both All Saints and St. Michael at the North Gate from the priory, but restored them in 1139. The priory retained the advowson until 1326 when it granted it to the bishop of Lincoln. In 1427 the church was used for the endowment of Lincoln College, and no presentations were made thereafter. (fn. 31) The college retained the church until its closure in 1971.
In 1895 when St. Martin's church was knocked down the benefices of All Saints and St. Martin's were united to form the rectory of Oxford St. Martin and All Saints, and All Saints became the city church.
| Start of Parish Registers | 1559 | Start of Bishops Transcripts | 1559
| | Colleges Included | Lincoln College
| | Location | Bounded on the north by Oxford St. Michael, on the east by St. Mary the Virgin, on the south by the grounds of Oxford Cathedral and the parish of Oxford St. Aldate, and on the west by Oxford St. Martin.
| | Later History | Civil parish absorbed into the civil parish of Oxford in 1926. Ecclesiastical parish continued to exist.
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Research Tips
- Chapter in Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, Volume 4, the City of Oxford, entitled "Parish Government and Poor-Relief".
- Chapter in Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, Volume 4, the City of Oxford, entitled "Ancient Parish Churches".
- 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.
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