Thatcham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire. Greenham and Midgham are chapelries of Thatcham.
Other places in the parish include: Henwick, Crookham, Colthrop, Cold Ash, and Awbury Street.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1561
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1612
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
THATCHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Newbury district, Berks.
The village stands near the Reading and Trowbridge railway, and the Kennet and Avon canal, 3 miles E of Newbury; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Newbury, and a r. station with telegraph.
The parish includes Greenham and Midgham tythings, and comprises 12,259 acres. Real property, £21,841. Pop. in 1851, 4,293; in 1861, 4,129. Houses, 955. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £555. Patron, the Rev. H. Martin. The church is partly Norman and early English, but chiefly later English; and was recently restored.
The vicarage of Greenham and the vicarages of Midgham and Cold Ash are separate benefices.
There are three dissenting chapels, a national school, an endowed school with £208 a year, alms houses with £95, and other charities £138.
The sub-district contains 4 parishes. Acres, 15,327. Pop., 5,226. Houses, 1,171.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Clarkson Abner, Thatcham, Berkshire, innkeeper, Aug. 29, 1826.
Lackey Angel, Ham-mills, Thatcham, Berkshire, miller, Dec. 31. 1825.
Hemming William, Thatcham, Berkshire, money scrivener, Jan. 14, 1826.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Burials, 1887-1940
Author: Thatcham Cemetery (Thatcham, Berkshire)
Monumental inscriptions, St. Mary’s Churchyard, Thatcham,Berkshire
Author: Thatcham History Society (Thatcham, England)
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Thatcham, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Greenham, 1612-1836
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Greenham (Berkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Midgham, 1607-1836
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Midgham (Berkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Thatcham, 1612-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thatcham (Berkshire)
Church records, 1807-1836
Author: Church Lane Chapel (Thatcham, Berkshire : Independent)
Parish chest and poor law records for Thatcham, 1250-1953
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thatcham (Berkshire)
Parish registers for Greenham, 1706-1812
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Greenham (Berkshire)
Parish registers for Thatcham, 1561-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thatcham (Berkshire)
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Greenham, Berkshire, England
Computer printout of Thatcham, Berks., Eng
Computer printout of Thatcham, Church Lane Independent Church, Berks., Eng
Parish register printouts of Thatcham, Berkshire, England (Independent, Church Lane) ; christenings, 1807-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial records, court rolls for Thatcham, Berkshire, 1550-1553, 1582, 1598, 1671-1679
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Gazetteers ( 1 )
Thatcham road names
Author: Tubb, Roy Brian
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – History ( 2 )
A popular history of Thatcham
Author: Allen, Peter
Thatcham in 1881 : including Ashmore Green, Cold Ash and Crookham
Author: Asher, Ray
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Land and property ( 1 )
Thatcham, Berks, and its manors
Author: Barfield, Samuel; Parker, James, b. 1834
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Manors ( 1 )
Survey of lands in the manor of Thatcham, Berkshire, 1641
Author: Manor of Thatcham (Berkshire)
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records for the manor of Colthrop, 1398-1511
Author: Manor of Colthrop. Court (Thatcham, Berkshire)
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Names, Geographical ( 1 )
Thatcham road names
Author: Tubb, Roy Brian
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Occupations ( 2 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Thatcham, 1250-1953
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thatcham (Berkshire)
Parish registers for Thatcham, 1561-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thatcham (Berkshire)
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Thatcham, 1250-1953
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thatcham (Berkshire)
England, Berkshire, Thatcham – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers, 1913-1926
Author: Francis Bailey School (Thatcham, Berkshire)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Newbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Newbury
- Poor Law Union: Newbury
- Hundred: Faircross; Reading
- Province: Canterbury