Fyfield Berkshire Family History Guide

Fyfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Wick and Netherton.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1813
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Baptist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FYFIELD, a parish and a sub-district in Abingdon district, Berks.

The parish lies near the river Isis, at the boundary with Oxford, 5 miles W by N of Abingdon town and r. station; and contains the hamlets of Netherton and Wick. Post town, Marcham, under Abingdon. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £2, 537. Pop., 439. Houses, 96. The property is divided among a few. An hospital was founded here before the time of Henry VI. Limestone is worked.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £125. Patron, St. John’s College, Oxford. The church is good; and contains the tomb and effigies of Sir John Golafre, popularly called Gulliver. Charities, £23.

A grand elm-tree is here, 36 feet in circuit, described by Arnold as a resort of

Maidens, who from the distant hamlets come,
To dance round Fyfield elm in May.

The sub-district contains four parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 7,963. Pop., 1,861. Houses, 426.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Fyfield, a parish in the hund. of Ock, union of Abingdon, county of Berks; 5 miles west by north of Abingdon, and south of the river Thames.

Living, a perpetual curacy, formerly in the archd. of Berks and dio. of Salisbury, now in the dio. of Ox ford; returned at £92 ; gross income £130. Patrons, the master and fellows of St. John’s college, Oxford.

Here are a daily and 2 Sunday and daily National schools, Charities, £33 per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £147 13s. Acres 1,620. Houses 81. A.P. £2,637. Pop., in 1801, 315; in 1831, 403.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.