The People Of Alvescot & Kencot [Download .PDF File]

This volume contains a miscellany of records relating to the adjacent Oxfordshire parishes of Alvescot and Kencot which are situated approximately midway between Bampton and Burford.  Amongst the records included for Alvescot are Settlement Certificates and an Examination, Removal Orders, Bastardy Bonds, an Order for Maintenance, Apprenticeship Records, Poll Book 1754, Gamekeepers' Enrolments, Land Tax Assessments 1785 and 1801, Horses Charged to Duties 1796, Oxfordshire Militia Enrolments 1817-1831, Land Tax Assessment 1832, Charity Distribution 1831-1835, Overseers' Payments 1849, Relief of Paupers 1850, 1856, 1862 and 1865, Trade Directory 1852 and 1876, Cattle Plague Rate 1886 and Absent Voters 1918.  Those for Kencot include Poll Book 1754, Gamekeepers' Enrolments, Land Tax Assessments 1785 and 1801, Horses Charged to Duties 1796, Oxfordshire Militia Enrolments 1817-1831, Poor Rate Assessments 1840 and 1862, Relief of Paupers 1850, Trade Directory 1852 and 1876, Solicitor's Bill 1856 and Absent Voters 1918.  A selection of Newspaper Reports of various dates are included for both parishes.

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