Genealogy Site

Forest Hill
Oxon, England

c.1900 - Church of St. Nicholas.

Thought to be the church in which John Milton, the famous poet, married Mary Powell, the eldest daughter of the local squire, in 1643. Although no entry appears in the parish register.

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c.1910 - Main Street

Looking towards the King’s Arms pub.

Main Street

Shows “Fair View” and Bank Cottages. The new cemetery, which was first used in 1882, is situated behind the wall that is to the far right of the picture.

1881 Map of Forest Hill

Also shows the three parish boundaries that met in the centre of the village at this time.