Welcome to Ascott-under-Wychwood


Ascott-under-Wychwood lies in the Evenlode valley, a small grey stone 
village with a Norman church. Along with the two other villages of
Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood, the Wychwoods take
their name from the royal forest of Wychwood, which stretched for 
nineteen kilometres between Bladon and Burdon. Some parts of this forest still exist. 

Ascot, Ascott
'eastern cottage(s)', Old English east + cot: Ascot Berkshire. Estcota 1177. 
Ascott under Wychwood Oxfordshire. Estcot 1220. 
Affix means 'near the forest of Wychwood' 
(an Old English name, Huiccewudu 840, meaning 'wood of a tribe called the Hwicce').
A Dictionary of English Place-Names, Oxford University Press 

The village claims earthworks of two castles. One in the South West part
of the village, known as Ascott Earl, where turf mounds mark the site
of a motte-and-bailey castle. The Manor House stands within the bailey
of the second castle, built @1129-1150. Excavations in 1946 showed that 
it contained a stone tower 35ft square.

The Chaundy family name can be traced in Ascott from 1548 to 1965.

Holy Trinity, Ascott-under-Wychwood

Holy Trinity is a small rustic church of about 1200 with simple Norman 
details. The church was restored in 1857-9 by Street who added a 
vestry. The church has a crudely rustic priest's door, and to the north
a good avenue of limes gives stately grace to the scene. In the 
churchyard, the headstones lean in amusing disarray, scarcely a single 
one vertical. Surrounding the churchyard and forming a square are 
stone houses, some terraced.

Manor House, Ascott-under-Wychwood

Manor House, 0.25 miles NE of the church. Gabled, irregular, of two 
storeys, and roughly E shaped. It is mainly C16 and C17, but against
the E wall are C13 angle buttresses at one corner and clasping 
buttresses at the other. In the gable the outline of the jambs and 
part of the pointed arch of a blocked window of the same date. In the
later part of the house some C17 windows with wooden mullions.

Barn, Ascott-under-Wychwood

To the west a C17 barn with a columbarium in the gable, and beside 
it a brick and half timber granary on staddle stones.
 
The lives of the Ascott Chaundys
Fulke (-1620) 
Elizabeth 
Susan 
Anne 
Isabell 
Rebecca 
Fulke (1618-1694) 
Maria (1641-1683) 
Isabell (1642-1722) 
Elizabeth (1646-) 
Anne (1652-) 
John (1654-1730) 
Jane (1683-) 
John (1685-1749) 
John (1725-1775) 
Mary (1742-) 
John Tomolin (1763-1770)
Jane (1744-1813) 
Ann (1746-) 
Sarah (1747-) 
Hannah (1751-)
Bartholomew (1727-1777) moved to Devon 
James Amyatt (1766-1826) Barrack Master - Nottingham 1814 
John Amyatt (1769-1820) 
 
  • Edward Elton (1796-1828) 
  • Anne Mortimer (1798-1857) 
  • Charlotte Matilda (1800-1846) 
  • Mary Amelia (1801-1842) 
  • Augusta Sophia (-1871) 
  • Louisa Henrietta (-1860) 
  • Sarah Bridget Stevens Amyatt (1818-1831) 
Ann (1731-) 
Thomas (1687-1761) 
Jane (1716-) 
Mary (1718-) 
John (1722-1788) 
Thomas (1756-1828) 
Ann (-1807) 
Leah (c1803-) 
George (1779-1834) 
Sarah (1781-) 
Mary (1784-) 
Isabell (1786-1872) 
Martha (1788-1789)
John (1758-1824) 
William (1784-1788) 
Bartholomew (1786-1856) moved to London 
Jane (1788-)
John (1790-1856) moved to Oxford 
Mary (1824-1898) 
Ann (1826-1876) 
Fanny (1828-) 
John (1830-1831) 
Sarah Hall (1832-1877) 
John Bartholomew (1833-1834) 
William Henry (1836-) moved to New Zealand 
Victoria Martha (1838-1919) 
John Fulke (1842-1911) moved to Sheffield This Chaundy line continues today in South East England. Raymond Bartholomew (1845-1918) moved to Birmingham This Chaundy line continues today in the West Midlands and Spain. 
Richard (1792-1868) moved to Oxford 
Rebecca (1795-) 
Elizabeth Wentworth (1815-)
Mark (1796-1874) moved to Tackley 
  • Emma (1825-1825) 
  • John (1826-1874) 
  • Richard (1828-1910) 
Richard John (1857-1928) moved to Australia 
Mark Bartholomew (1860-1918) 
George Albert Henry (1862-1912) This Chaundy line continues today in Oxfordshire, Surrey, Greece, Sweden and Singapore 
Mary Louisa Gomm (1866-) 
Violet Annie (1877-) 
Bartholomew (1835-1875) 
David (1798-1864) 
  • Frances Elizabeth (1826-1909) Hook Norton Brewery 
  • Anne Belinda (1829-1887) 
  • John (1833-1897) 
Sarah (1864-1955) 
Mary Anne (1865-1865) 
Emma (1866-) 
John (1867-1908) 
Fanny (1869-) 
Thomas (1871-1939) 
Mary (1872-1968) 
Edith Annie (1875-1875) 
George (1876-1926) 
Henry (1878-1939)
Rhoda (1801-) 
George (1760-1842) 
Susanna (1781-1799) 
Martin (1784-1846) moved to Milton-under-Wychwood 
Richard (1786-1864) moved to London 
Ann (1818-1818) 
Richard (1820-1871) 
John (1822-1886) 
Thomas (1824-1825) 
Mary (1826-) 
Sarah (1830-1905) 
Charlotte (1789-1844) 
George (1791-1864) moved to London 
  • Martha Charlotte (1820-1891) 
  • George Chadwin (1821-1822) 
  • George Chadwin (1825-1825) 
  • Elizabeth Rebecca (1827-) 
  • Mary Ann (1828-) 
Thomas Ellis (1793-1870) 
  • Ann Elizabeth (1862-1946) 
  • Osbert Thomas (1864-1950) 
  • Elizabeth Annie (1896-)
Philip (1795-1865) moved to London 
Mary Amelia (1798-1851) 
Sophia (1800-1878) 
Livia (1803-1891) 
Peter (1805-1855) 
Elizabeth (1762-1808) 
William (1764-1836) moved to Oxford 
John William (1789-1870) 
  • Thomas Godfrey (1811-1890) 
  • Ann Godfrey (1815-1895) 
  • Mary Godfrey (1818-1881) 
  • Susanna Godfrey (-1894) 
  • William Godfrey (1822-1876) 
  • John Chillingworth (1824-1825) 
  • Amelia Godfrey (1826-1896) 
  • John Godfrey (1828-1886) moved to London 
  • Alfred Godfrey (1831-1915) 
  • Lousia Godfrey (1831-1908) 
  • Henry Harris (1834-1896) moved to London This Chaundy line continues today in Essex and Somerset.Elizabeth (1790-1790) 
Amelia (1793-1795) 
Richard (1795-) 
Rebecca Eliza (1822-1825) 
William (1824-1891) moved to Stratford-upon-Avon 
Eliza (1825-1828)
Sarah (1796-1798)
Susannah Amelia (1798-1876) moved to America 
Sophia (1800-) 
Harriet (1801-1801) 
William (1802-) moved to America 
  • William Charles (1829-1862) 
  • Rebeccah Hannah (1830-1895) 
  • Francis N (1835-1901) This Chaundy line continues today in America especially Pennsylvania and Michigan. 
  • Elizabeth D (1837-1914) 
Jane Sophia Mary (1804-) 
Thomas (1811-1892) moved to America 
Richard (1768-1818) moved to Oxford 
John (1797-1852) 
  • John (1834-1890) This Chaundy line continues today across England, Canada and Australia. 
  • George Ernest (1835-1916) 
  • William Henry (1839-1878) moved to London This Chaundy line continues today in London, Surrey, Kent and Austria. 
  • Eliza (1841-1922) 
  • Susannah (1845-1846) 
  • Maria (1848-1923) 
Joseph (1800-1867) 
  • Richard (1827-1838) 
  • Phebe (1828-) 
  • Ann (1831-)
Richard (1802-1856) 
George (1804-1866) 
William (1806-1863) sent to Australia 
  • William Henry (1830-1882) This Chaundy line continues today in Melbourne, Australia. 
  • Elizabeth (1832-1904) 
  • Ellen Selina (1833-1836) 
  • Frances (1835-1842) 
  • George (1837-1924) 
  • Hepzibah Ann (1839-1920) 
  • Leah (1841-1923) 
  • Emily Rachel (1843-1928) 
  • Alice Julia (1845-1920) 
  • Richard (1847-1890) This Chaundy line continues today in Melbourne, Australia. 
Ann (1807-) 
Charles (1809-1850) 
Charles (1830-1848) 
Richard (1832-1888) This Chaundy line continues today in Southern England. 
Joseph (1835-1899) 
Henry (1837-) 
Arthur (1839-1839) 
James (1812-1887) 
  • Ann Elizabeth (1835-) 
  • Susanna (1837-1849) 
  • Eleanor/Ellen (1840-) 
  • Henry (1842-1927) This Chaundy line continues today in Oxfordshire, Surrey and Wales. 
  • Louisa (1845-1849) 
  • James Elias (1848-1926) This Chaundy line continues today in Australia. 
  • Charles (1852-1915) 
  • Clara (1856-) 
Thomas (1812-1813) 
Susannah (1815-1890) 
Elizabeth (1725-) 
Ann (1732-) 
Sarah (1734-) 
Elizabeth (1689-) 
George (1692-1739) 
Jane (1720-)
Mary (1694-) 
Isabell (1696-1722) 
Sarah (1697-) 
Thomas 
Sarah 
Jane (1660-) 
Rebeccah