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.Â
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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].
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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