Charlton-on-Otmoor is located 10 miles north east of Oxford.
The records were desposited at the Bodleian Library by Rev. E.H.W Crusha in 1977-1978 and then transferred to the Oxfordshire History Centre. Recatalogued by Linda Haynes in November 2011.
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for (pp. 16,1) baptisms, 1572-1574, 1578-1607; marriages 1568-1569, 1572, 1578-1607; burials 1576-1607 in one sequence; out of sequence are (p.30) baptisms 1607-1616, and (p.59) burials 1607-1616; (pp.35, 62) baptisms, marriages and burials in one sequence, 1615-1647; (p.71) baptisms 1648-1651, births 1654-1661, burials 1655-1661, marriages 1651, 1661: (p.83) baptisms 1661-1663; (p.86) marriages 1661-1701; (p.90) baptisms and burials in one sequence, 1664-1679; at p.17 are baptisms of children of William Gatton recorded in 1589; at p.61 is a burial 1650; at p. 80 is a note of a collection on a brief 1657;
for baptisms 1679-1812, marriages 1690-1754, burials 1679-1812; dates of birth are given regularly, 1695-1724, dates of death , 1705-1725, and ages at death occasionally, 1721-1725, 1735-1741. Also includes: notes of collections on briefs, 1680-1702; notes of charitable bequests, 17th cent to 18th cent; notes of the release of a servant from his apprenticeship, 1705; appointment of new trustees of money paid by the Birmingham Railway Company for a piece of glebe, 1889
includes note of a baptism of 1825 not entered in the register, 1854
for marriages 1754-1782; banns 1754-1781
for marriages 1782-1812; banns 1782-1811, 1824-1907
9 items
of child of Mrs Gibbard of Murcott
for James son of William and Mary Badger, born 6/Feb/1847, baptised 2/Mar/1847
for Leslie Yorke Whatley, of HMS Royal Sovereign, and Ruth Emily Knight of Charlton; banns called Dec 20,27 and Jan 3, no year given
for Henry Kirby of Charlton, and Hannah Kerwood of Chesterton; banns called Dec 9, 16, 23 1827, taken from the Chesterton banns register
for Osmond Johnson of Newchurch, and Frances Buckell of Niton
for Henry Cook of Shilton, Berks, and Jane Arnatt of Charlton
for James Stanton of Charlton, and Elizabeth Clements of Charlton
for Augustin Gustave Gilson of Southwark, Surrey, and Susannah Bustin of Charton
for Francis Attrill and Fanny Attrill, both of the Isle of Wight
for Jacob Haynes of Charlton, and Eliza Coggins of Charlton
for Henry Franklin of Charlton, and Eliza Price of St Clement, Oxford
for Albert Henry Rose of Salford, and Nellie Markham of Merton
for Cecil Autrey Honour of Charlton, and Edith Ethel Evans of Swindon, Wilts
at p.93 are 'parochial records of exceptional interest', 1895
at p.1 numbers of Easter communicants, 1896-1923
of disbursements 1746-1921, with summaries of receipts from 1798, interspersed from 1846 with vestry minutes relating mainly to the election of churchwardens and the levy of church rates; also includes notes of collections on briefs 1804-1818; also includes rough calculations of receipts and disbursements from church rates 1863-1867
27 items
of receipts and payments 1952-1959
and associated items; 36 items
for Edmund Dodge, his wife Anne and his children, from Charlton to Shipton under Wychwood
for John Elliot and his wife and daughter, from Charlton to Ascott under Wychwood
for Ann Powel, singlewoman, from Charlton to All Saints, Oxford
for William Maycock and his wife Mary, from Blackthorn to Charlton
for Richard Alderman, his wife Susanna, and daughter Rosetta, five months, from Charlton to Great Brickill, Bucks
for Henry Kirby and his wife Ann, from Brill, Bucks to Charlton
for Thomas Bloomfield, his wife Mary, and daughter Mary Anne, six weeks, from Charlton to Bladon
for Ann Sergeant, from Charlton to Stanton St John
for George Kirtland, from Charlton to Thame
for Sarah Sargeant, from Charlton to Kingston upon Thames
for James Stanford and his wife Mary, from Charlton to Croughton, Northants
for William Beckett, hemp dresser, of Merton
for William Harbour, cordwainer, of Uppper Heyford
for William Seller, of Merton
for William Sheers, of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks
for John Hood, cooper, of Thame
for William Johnson, cordwainer, and his wife Elizabeth, of Merton
for William Heritage, and his wife Mary, of Merton
for John French, and his wife Sarah, of South Newington
for Francis Writon, his wife Anne, daughter Anne (9), son William (7), daughter Mary (5), son John (18 months), of Mixbury
for John Davy, shoemaker, his wife Mary, and daughter Elizabeth (2)
for Jonathan Winter, his wife Maria, and daughter Ann (c.22 weeks), of Ambrosden
for Thomas Gregory, of Brill, Bucks
for Wootton Humphrey, and his wife Charlott, of Weston on the Green
for William Brown, his wife Elizabeth, son William, and son Thomas, of Oddington
for Thomas Deeley, and his wife Catharine, daughter (1), of Launton
for John Harris, son James (13), daughter Elizabeth (10), son Philip (9), son John (6), and son William (4), of Oddington
for Richard Sandford (6), and John Sandford (5), sons of John Sandford the Elder and his wife Maria
for Thomas Perkins, and his wife and family, not to become chargeable to the parish of Charlton
of Jane Hickman on her child by Thomas Rymill, charged to Bletchingdon
of Mary Lammas on her child by Thomas Brimfield,charged to Charlton on Otmoor
of Esther Beckonside on her child by John B of Aston and Cote
of Mary Cox on her child by Robert Webb of Stanton St John, charged to Islip
for John Young, on child of Comfort Gilpin
for Thomas Sirett, on child of Emma Cooley
for William Hopcraft, on child of Harriett Kirtland
for William Young, on child of Martha Honor
for Richard Wheale the Younger
for Samuell Priest
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includes extracts from wills and memos of promises to pay 1723-1726, 1809-1816
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31 items
c.1960s-1970s; 36 items
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31 items
2 copies
32 items
includes copies of original and printed sources relating to St Evroul, Ware and Sheen Priory; 80 items
2 items
5 items
20th cent.; 12 items
2 items
of the monument to Thomas Key, rector 1467-1475, in the church
Dates covered are: 1895, 1923, 1936; 6 items
10 items
includes some notes; 40 items
compiled by Rev Crusha
35 items
includes notes and photocopies; 10 items
including field names; 50 items
includes photocopies of wills; 11 items
44 items
of mainly wills and inventories; 13 items
8 items
includes annotated copy of 'Otmoor and its Seven Towns', also includes newscuttings and photocopies of original documents; 27 items
4 items
for 1754-1886; 23 items
rector of Charlton, 1659-1685; 13 items
and associated papers; 8 items
started by Ernest Freeman, curate 1893-1896; includes: memoranda of parish visits, 1893-1894; list of Murcot inhabitants with details of baptism and confirmation, c.1895; lists of confirmation candidates, 1894-1895; list of choir attendances, c.1895; accounts of offertory receipts and payments, 1895-1948, 1956-1958
6 items
from an article in The Gentleman's Magazine, 1860; 2 items
8 items
2 items
includes negatives of Charlton rectory, the Nut Tree Inn at Murcott, and the felling of the tulip tree in 1970; 23 items
2 items
of 1825, from The Bodleian; 2 items
possibly 1969, when repointing of tower was done; 5 items
c1970s; 4 items
photographs are mounted; two views of the flooded village taken from the church tower, and a view from Fencott looking towards the church tower; 2 items
one is of King Alfred, made by Jesse Maycock in 1949 for the 70th anniversary of University College - the other is of William of Durham, historical founder of University College, also made in 1949; 2 items
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3 items
mounted
that was going to be removed from the rectory to be used in a new chancel door; includes note re the carvings; 4 items
also includes one taken in a school yard; 7 items
11 items
subjects include: ecclesiastical dilapidations acts; Post Office Savings stocks; elm trees; tombstone; silver; 8 items
14 items; see PAR59/10/D/1 for Order of Exchange
Parties: 1. The Reverend Henry Gough; 2. The Trustees of Mrs Sanbach's Charity, includes plan; see PAR59/10/C/3 for related correspondence
of the Glebe and Titheable land belonging to the rectory of Charlton, made by Frederick Kelsey
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103 items
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2 items
near vicarage at Merton
near vicarage at Merton
3 items
includes list of holders and amounts due; also includes plans of new and old allotments
mainly lists of holders and amounts due; 45 items
3 items
6 items
[c.1900] - surveyors were Bain of Andover; 1/16" scale
for the reglazing of the windows
Includes letter of 1898; 7 items
includes estimates; 11 items
includes estimate; 11 items
two just show the outline, the third shows the location of paths, graves, yew trees, dwelling house; 3 items
shows plan and elevations for church roof restoration, 1909; also includes notes on further repairs in 1955
includes plan
includes rough copies, 5 items
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16 items
Parties: 1. John and Mary Golden; 2. Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Charlton on Otmoor; Property: 'Poors cottages', given to parish by 1.; dated 25/Jan/1724
5 items
with related papers, 19 items
also includes Rules of the Society, 1913; 2 items
12 items
20 items
7 items
with the National Society for an extension to the school
relating to the erection of a school canteen; 2 items
22 items
10 items
each of £100 from donors towards building of school, 3 items
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4 items
c.late 19th cent.
c.early 20th cent.
for Fencott and Murcott
for Charlton on Otmoor, with map
c.1885
Original enclosure award for Fencot and Murcot, dated 1 December 1849, and enrolled 10 December 1849, with pre and post enclosure maps by William Bryan Wood, surveyor, 1847
Correction to the 1849 award for Fencot and Murcot, enrolled 1 June 1854; includes map
Includes: advertisement for Pears Annual, 1896; Form of service for Islip War Memorial, 10 Feb 1921; notice of meeting of Diocesan Board of Finance, 1933; notice of meeting of Royal Historical Society meeting, 1945; annual report of Oxford Diocesan Council for Moral Welfare, 1954, etc; 27 items
Parties: 1. John Pope of Cast Ginge, Berks, gent; 2. Robert Dickinson of Charlton, banker
John Pope
Robert Dickinson
Parties: 1. Ratepayers of Charlton; 2. Thomas Horne of Bicester Market End
2 items
3 items
as to how it affects the inhabitants of Charlton; 4 items
Two photographs: one of Charlton, one showing the rectory, c.1965; 4 items