Welcome to the Oxlade One Name Study
I would like to share the Oxlade information that I have discovered or have had passed on to me by so many kind people. As people from various branches of the Clan have been told that all Oxlades are related, it is possible that this is so.

I hope that the information contained on this site is useful to other Oxlade researchers, though it is important to remember to check for corrections and updates. As new records come to hand things can change quite markedly. If re-using anything from this site please acknowledge the sources and if possible check the originals yourself.

The Oxlade name has at times been recorded in the following ways, usually when they have moved away from Bucks, Berks and Oxon.

Axley Hawksled Hawksley Hocksley Oakslade Oaksley Ocle Ocley Oceley Ockslade Ogle Oxeled Oxeleye Oxlad Oxlade Oxlaid Oxland Oxlar Oxlard Oxlat Oxlate Oxlatt Oxlay Oxleach Oxled Oxlead Oxlede Oxlege Oxleide Oxlej Oxley Oxleye Oxlit Oxlite Oxlord Oxnaed Oxnard Oxtad Oxlye

The Oxlades are believed to be of Anglo - Saxon origin and the name to mean "Dwellers in the Valley of the Oaks". Certainly from at least the 13th century onward they have been centred around Buckinghamshire, a Saxon agricultural area. The Saxons, unlike the Romans, did not plan their towns which were usually centers of agricultural trade, often growing up in places where the water was easily forded. Their market towns all had one thing in common, a wide street or square in which business was transacted. Some surviving examples of Roman planned settlements, where the Oxlades are still to be found, are Amersham, Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Thame.

Ackhampstead, an Olde English word meaning "Oak Homestead" about three quarters of a mile or 1.2 kilometres from Lane End, which has a long Oxlade association, is possibly the place of origin. There was a Chapel on the site of Ackhampstead for at least 800 years. Due to a dwindling Congregation, the Chapel was taken down around 1847 and rebuilt at Cadmore End. A small copse of trees has grown over the remains of the flint walls and the only visible reminder is a small wooden Cross with the name Ackhampstead on it.

Oxlade Meadow, referred to back as far as the 13th century as "Old Oxlades" is shown on Ordnance survey Map No 175 Landranger of Reading, Windsor and surrounding area, the meadow is at Frieth, nr Fingest, where Mousells wood is, 795 east 908 north. There is still a Muswell Farm there now, it was called Mozsells Farm on the map of 1838, they are right on the borders of the tithe map with Hambledon and Marlow Parishes.

Oxfordshire Wills

John Oxlade Denys Darvall Tree on Ancestry

Oxlade Family History eBook on RootsWeb

Oxlade One Name Study on Ancestry