Purley, Berkshire Family History Guide
Purley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.
Alternative names: Purley on Thames
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Parish registers begin: Bishop’s Transcripts – 1607
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PURLEY, a village and a parish in Bradfield district, Berks. The village stands on the river Thames, adjacent to the Great Western railway, 2¼ miles ESE of Pangbourn r. station, and 3½ WNW of Reading; and has a post-office under Reading. The parish comprises 877 acres. Real property, £2, 135. Pop., 193. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with P. Park, belongs to Major A. M. Storer. P. Hall was built by the South-Sea schemer Law; was the residence of Warren Hastings, during his memorable trial; and is now the seat of F. Wilder, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £359. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands ½ a mile from the village; is Norman and good, with a tower; and contains a fine Norman font, and a monument by Nollekens to A. Storer, Esq.
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
Purley, 3 m. N.W. Reading. P. 198.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Registers
Purley Marriages 1662-1840
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Bradfield
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Reading
- Poor Law Union: Bradfield
- Hundred: Theale
- Province: Canterbury