The church in this parish is dedicated to St. James, and was a chapelry of Great Milton until 1844, so some of the events below appear in the Great Milton register

Below is a view of some of the cottages in the village, taken from outside the church

From the Dictionary of Surnames:- Woodbridge: English-habitation name from place in Suffolk from Old English wudu meaning wood, and brycg meaning bridge [ie bridge made of timber or near a wood]

Jane WOODBRIDGE was baptised 19 June 1831 at Little Milton

In 1841 she was living with her parents in Little Milton, but she doesn’t appear at all in the Oxfordshire 1851 census

She is back in Little Milton in the 1850s, where she gives birth to 2 illegitimate daughters

They were

Ann/Annie WOODBRIDGE born 21 July 1852

For her marriage and family go to Oxford City-GIBBONS

Ellen Smith WOODBRIDGE baptised 10 February 1856

Jane married Francis SHEPHERD at Little Milton on 17 August 1862

Their children were

Alice SHEPHERD born circa 1870

Caroline SHEPHERD born circa 1873

The children were born in Garsington, but by 1881 the family is living at Denton Terrace, Cuddesdon, OXF

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James WOODBRIDGE marries Milkah alias Amelia WILLIAMS

 at Great Milton on 25 December 1816

James was baptised 26 February 1797 at Chislehampton, OXF

He was a Labourer

He was buried on 31 May 1874 at Little Milton aged 78

Milkah was baptised 24 December 1797 in Chalgrove, OXF

Follow the link for her family

She was baptised Milkah, but used Amelia when she married-when her children are baptised she is also called Milcha and Melissa, and Abeilcha in the 1871 census

She was buried on 3 July 1887 at Little Milton aged 91

Their children were

William WOODBRIDGE baptised 14 February 1819

Maria WOODBRIDGE baptised 11 March 1821

John WOODBRIDGE baptised 11 April 1824

Thomas WOODBRIDGE baptised 30 April 1826

Richard WOODBRIDGE baptised 22 March 1829

Jane WOODBRIDGE baptised 19 June 1831

Elizabeth WOODBRIDGE baptised 16 February 1834

Mary WOODBRIDGE baptised 5 March 1837  

All baptised at Little Milton

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John WOODBRIDGE married Mary SADGROVE on 21 November 1790

at Chislehampton, OXF

John died 28 June, buried 2 July 1846

Mary was baptised 23 April 1769 

Follow her family under SADGROVE-Chislehampton

She was buried 11 January 1822

Their children were

Mary Anne WOODBRIDGE baptised 14 December 1794

James WOODBRIDGE baptised 26 February 1797

For his marriage and family go to Little Milton, OXF

Edward WOODBRIDGE baptised 2 February 1802

Thomas WOODBRIDGE baptised 26 Feb 1804

Charlotte WOODBRIDGE baptised 7 August 1808

William WOODBRIDGE baptised 27 August 1809 buried 8 February 1818

Charles WOODBRIDGE baptised 6 August 1815

All baptised at Little Milton, except for James at Chislehampton

After he was widowed, John married a widow Mary CAREY 

on 13 August 1822

They had a child

William WOODBRIDGE baptised 26 September 1824

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