Inkpen Berkshire Family History Guide

Inkpen is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1633
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

INKPEN, a village and a parish in Hungerford district, Berks. The village stands among hills, near the river Auborn and the boundaries with Wilts and. Hants, 3¼ miles SW of Kintbury r. station, and 3¼ SE by S of Hungerford; and has a post office under Hungerford.

The parish comprises 2, 850 acres. Real property, £3, 524. Pop., 748. Houses, 164. The property is much subdivided. The manor., with much of the land. belongs to the Earl of Craven. Kirby House is the seat of John Butler, Esq. Inkpen Beacon is a chalk down, the loftiest in England; has an altitude of 1,011 feet above sea level; and commands a very extensive and fine view.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £520. Patron, John Butler, Esq. The church is ancient but good; consists of nave and chancel, with low square tower; and contains monuments of the Butlers.

There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £25.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Inkpen, co. Berks.

P. T. Hungerford (64) 4 m. SE b S. Pop. 617.

A parish in the hundred of Kintbury Eagle; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Salisbury; valued in K. B. 11l. 14s. 7d.; church ded. to St. Michael; patron (1829) John Butler, Esq.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.