South Banbury, Northamptonshire Genealogy

England   Northamptonshire

Parish History
South Banbury is an Ecclesiastical Parish partly in Northamptonshire and partly in Oxfordshire; Created in 1846 from Banbury Ancient Parish.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
As South Banbury was created from Banbury these records are listed under Banbury.

Census records
Census records from 1841-1891 are available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 0474571. To view these census images online, they are available through a number of websites for a fee or free. ■FindMyPast (fee-based) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. ■Ancestry.co.uk(fee-based) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. The library versions are known as AncestryInstitution.com. ■The Genealogist.co.uk(fee-based) but free at Family History Centers and the Family History Library and various other libraries. ■FreeCen is a free based UK census searches. It is not complete and individuals are always asked to consider helping out with transcriptions.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Northamptonshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
A Selection of Useful Websites for Banbury.