Basildon, Berkshire Family History Guide

Basildon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Altrnative names: Basilden

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1538

Nonconformists include: Countess of Huntingdon Methodist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BASILDEN, or Basildon, a parish in Bradfield district, Berks; on the river Thames, and on the Great Western railway, 1 mile SSE of Goring station, and 7¾ WNW of Reading. Post Town, Pangbourne, under Reading. Acres, 3,083. Real property, £4,875. Pop., 712. Houses, 148. The property is divided among a few.

Basilden Park was the seat of the Viscounts Fane from 1718 till 1766; passed then to the baronet family of Sykes; and was recently purchased by T. Morrison, Esq. The house contains a fine collection of works of art. The railway crosses the Thames a short distance above the church. The parish had two churches at Domesday, and afterwards the right of a weekly market.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £200. Patron, the Rev. W. Sykes. The church is ancient. There is a dissenting chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Bassildon, 6 m. S.E.E. Ilsley, P. 812.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

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England, Berkshire, Basildon

England, Berkshire, Basilden – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Lower Basildon, Berkshire
Author: Berkshire Family History Society (England)

England, Berkshire, Basilden – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Basildon, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Berkshire, Basilden – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Basilden, 1607-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Basilden (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Basilden, 1538-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Basilden (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Basilden, 1783-1982
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Basilden (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Basilden – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Basildon, Berks., Eng

England, Berkshire, Basilden – History ( 1 )
Rebellion or revolution : the swing riots in the Berkshire parishes
Author: Stewart-Beardsly, Rosemary

Administration

  • County: Berkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bradfield
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Oxford, Pre-1836 – Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Wallingford
  • Poor Law Union: Bradfield
  • Hundred: Moreton
  • Province: Canterbury