The parish of Glympton is located 11 miles north west of Oxford.
The records were originally deposited in the Bodleian Library by Rev A. C. Cox, rector of Glympton in 1970. PAR113/1/R3/2 was deposited in 1977 by Rev CC du Heaume. The material was then transferred to the Oxfordshire Record Office. Further material was deposited as Acc 4395 in September 1998 and as part of Acc 6801 in October 2019, which had previously been deposited in the Bodleian Library and catalogued as Mss. Top. Oxon. b.22.
A conspectus of new and old references is included at the end of this catalogue. Catalogued by Alison Smith and Sue Holland in March 2009 with additions in January 2020.