Place:Oxford St. Giles, Oxfordshire, England

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Name	Oxford St. Giles
Type	Parish (ancient), Civil parish
Located in	Oxfordshire, England
See also	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England	city in which it was located

St. Giles Church was confirmed by Henry I between 1123 and 1133, and it soon became parochial. The parish was divided in the 19th century by the creation of the new ecclesiastical parishes of Summertown in 1834, St. Paul's in 1837, and Oxford St. Philip and St. James in 1863. (Source: Victoria County History of Oxfordshire, Volume 4, the City of Oxford, chapter entitled "Ancient Parish Churches".)

Start of Parish Registers	1576	Start of Bishops Transcripts	1721
Colleges Included	none
Location	Bounded on the north by Summertown, on the east by Marston, on the southeast by Oxford St. Cross, on the south by Oxford St. Mary Magdalene, and on the west by Oxford St. Paul, Binsey and Wolvercote.
Later History	Became part of the merged parish of Oxford St. Giles and St. John in 1926. Civil parish joined with the rest of Oxford in 1933. Ecclesiastical parishes continue to exist.