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Millennium Project
Millennium Project
Deddington - at one time Daedintun - means ‘the place of the people of Daeda’ - an early Saxon Lord.
We hope you enjoy browsing our historical archive. If you cannot find what you want via the topic headings below. I suggest you use the 'search' tab at top of this page or search the contents of our Parish Archive via its REGISTER (not available on mobiles) or, lastly, email myself.
Robert Forsyth
Editor
New articles
- Deddington Fire Service - started in 1664 with a do-it-yourself engine kept in the church and then a volunteer brigade formed in 1883 with a new engine.
- Deddington Paper Mill - including a major fire in 1860
- Deddington Turnpike and Toll House - a picture of the old Toll House, the Turnpike's history, its location and some interesting 'happenings' at the Toll Gate
- Harper/French Family Tree - Judith Russell-Brookes of Brackley has ancestors who go back 10 generations in Deddington. A friend constructed an amazing circular family tree for her as a birthday present, whose spokes show all her direct ancestors in villages within 15 miles of Deddington. It includes by marriage several well known Deddington families including Joseph Wilkins - whose insect damaged images of the interior of Deddington Church prior to its radical Victorian restoration have now been restored.
Index
For an expanded index look at The Site Map.
- A Parish at War
- Between the Wars
- Buildings & Estates
- Census and Population Records
- Clifton
- Clockmakers
- Clubs, Societies and Organisations
- Coat of Arms
- Covid-19 Pandemic 2020
- Daeda's Wood
- Deddington Building Society
- Deddington Castle and Grounds
- Deddington Families
- Deddington in Tasmania
- Deddington Map Group (DMG)
- Deddington News - Back Issues
- Deddington on Wikipedia
- Deddington Steamship Co. & Sir Henry Samman
- Deddington Turnpike & Toll House
- Emigration and Transportation
- Fairs, Festivals, Carnivals, Concerts ...& a Funeral
- Farms and Fields
- Feoffees
- Franklins of Deddington
- Genealogy - useful research links
- Ghosts
- Hempton
- Historical Characters of Deddington Map Group
- Maps of the Parish
- Natural History of Deddington
- Newspaper references in previous centuries
- Oral History
- Parish Archive
- Parish Church, St Peter & St Paul
- Parish Council
- Parish Registers
- Parish Show
- People and Profiles
- Photo Albums, Films & Collections
- Plagues & Pestilence
- Published Articles & Books
- Ruth Johnson's Writings
- Schools
- Shops, Businesses & Trades
- Tales from the Pump
- The Poor in Deddington
- The Windmill Centre
- Walks round the Parish
- Wills, Indentures & Conveyances