Barkham, Berkshire Family History Guide

Barkham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1538

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARKHAM, a parish in Wokingham district, Berks; on a small affluent of the Thames, 2½ miles SW of Wokingham r. station. Post Town, Wokingham. Acres, 1,358. Real property, £1,846. Pop., 280. Houses, 55. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £350. Patron, Rev. A. Roberts. The church was rebuilt in 1862.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Barkham, 2 miles S. Oakingham. P. 248.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Berkshire, Barkham – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barkham, 1607-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barkham (Berkshire)

Churchwardens accounts, 1805-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barkham (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Barkham, 1538-1977
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barkham (Berkshire)

The parish registers of St. James, Barkham, 1538 to 1998
Author: Ayres, Val; Littleby, Irene; Berkshire Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Barkham (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Barkham – History ( 2 )
Barkham : a history
Author: French, David; Firth, Janet

The parish registers of St. James, Barkham, 1538 to 1998
Author: Ayres, Val; Littleby, Irene; Berkshire Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Barkham (Berkshire)

Administration

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