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.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1754
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Moulsford – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Moulsford St. John the Baptist, monumental inscriptions : record of inscriptions on tombstones in Moulsford church yard also on tablets inside the church
Author: Girling, Charles; Goodey, M.

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

England, Berkshire, Moulsford – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Cholsey, 1607-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cholsey (Berkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Moulsford (Berkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Moulsford, 1607-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Moulsford (Berkshire)

Cholsey, St. Mary, Berkshire, parish registers
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cholsey (Berkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Moulsford (Berkshire); de Jong, Gwyn; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Moulsford, Berks., parish registers, 1607-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Moulsford (Berkshire); Littleby, Rene; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : Wallingford Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

Parish registers for Cholsey, 1547-1929
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cholsey (Berkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Moulsford (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Moulsford, 1754-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Moulsford (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Moulsford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printout of Moulsford, Berkshire, England

England, Berkshire, Moulsford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest materials, 1847-1975
Author: Moulsford (Berkshire)

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