Marcham Berkshire Family History Guide

Marcham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire. Garford is a chapelry of Marcham.

Other places in the parish include: Cothill and Frilford.

Alternative names: Marsham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1658
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist. 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARCHAM, or MARSHAM, a village and a parish in Abingdon district, Berks. The village stands near the river Ock, 1½ mile NW of the Berks and Wilts canal, and 2¾ W of Abingdon r. station; and has a post office under Abingdon.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Cothill, the township of Frilford, and the chapelry of Garford. Acres, 4,940. Real property, £8,604. Pop. in 1851, 1,917; in 1861, 1,111. Houses, 256. The manor, with Marcham Park, belongs to P. Duffield, Esq. Sheepstead House, Oakley House, and Frilford House are chief residences. The parish is a meet for the old Berkshire hounds.

The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Garford, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £455. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1837; is in the later English style; and comprises nave and chancel, with a tower.

There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a free school, and charities £73.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Berkshire, Marsham

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

England, Berkshire, Marcham – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Garford, 1617-1751
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Garford (Berkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Marcham, 1607-1833
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marcham (Berkshire)

Copy of the first volume of the parish registers of Marcham, co. Berks. : containing marriages, 1658-1754; baptisms, 1658-1801; burials, 1658-1804; with an index nominum
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marcham (Berkshire); Geijer, E. N.; Knapp, O. G. (Oswald Greenwaye), b. 1859; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : Abingdon Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

Parish registers for Garford, 1703-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Garford (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Marcham, 1658-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marcham (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Marcham, 1702-1959
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marcham (Berkshire)

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

England, Berkshire, Marcham – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1670-1672
Author: Manor of Garford. Court (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Marcham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish registers for Garford, 1703-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Garford (Berkshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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