Moulsford, Berkshire Family History Guide
Moulsford is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Berkshire, created in 1845 from a chapelry in Cholsey Ancient Parish.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1754
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MOULSFORD, a village and a parish in Wallingford district, Berks. The village stands on the river Thames at the boundary with Oxford, ¾ of a mile S of Wallingford-Road r. station, and 3½ S by W of Wallingford; and has a post office under Wallingford.
The parish comprises 1,429 acres. Real property, £1,707. Pop., 180. Houses, 35. The property belongs to H. B. Morrell, Esq. A bridge of two brick arches, each 62 feet in span, here crosses the Thames.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £60. Patron, H. B. Morell, Esq. The church is in the modern decorated English style, and has a wooden tower. Charities, £7. Bishop Barrington was a resident.
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
Moulsford, co. Berks.
P.T. Wallingford (46) 4 m. SSW. Pop. 176.
A parish in the hundred of Moreton; living, a curacy, subordinate to the vicarage of Cholsey, in the archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Salisbury, not in charge; church ded. to St. John the Baptist; patronage with Cholsey vicarage.
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.
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Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Wallingford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Wallingford
- Poor Law Union: Wallingford
- Hundred: Moreton
- Province: Canterbury