Begbroke is situated between 4 and 5 miles north west of Oxford, on the Oxford to Woodstock road.
In 1984 the parish was united with Yarnton, then in 1986 this joint benefice was united with Shipton-on-Cherwell.
Many of the records were deposited originally with the Bodleian Library in 1975, before being transferred here. Further deposits were received in 1976, 1980, 1985, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002 (Accession numbers 1212, 1952, 2359, 4137, 4270, 4563, 5074 respectively)