Midgham Berkshire Family History Guide

Midgham is a chapelry of Thatcham Ancient Parish in Berkshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1622
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MIDGHAM, a chapelry in Thatcham parish, Berks; on the river Kennet, the Kennet and Avon canal, and the Great Western railway, near Woolhampton r. station, and 7 miles E of Newbury. Post town, Woolhampton, under Reading.

Acres, 1,730. Real property, £2,498. Pop., 233. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. Midgham House is the seat of B. B. Green, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £105. Patron, not reported. The church is ancient.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Midgham – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Midgham Park, Berkshire, memorial inscriptions
Author: Loosen, M.; Berkshire Family History Society (England)

The monumental inscriptions of Midgham Park burial ground, 1734-1895
Author: Goddard, Brian; Loosen, M.; Berkshire Family History Society (England)

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

England, Berkshire, Midgham – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Midgham, 1607-1836
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Midgham (Berkshire)

Parish chest and poor law records for Midgham, 1717-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Midgham

England, Berkshire, Midgham – Court records ( 1 )
Manorial records, court rolls for Midgham, Birkshire, 1584-1652
Author: Manor of Midgham. Court (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Midgham – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Midgham, 1717-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Midgham

England, Berkshire, Midgham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Midgham, 1717-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Midgham

England, Berkshire, Midgham – Taxation ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Midgham, 1717-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Midgham

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
  • Province: Canterbury