West Hendred, Berkshire Family History Guide

West Hendred is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Other places in the parish include: East Ginge and Sparsholt Court.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1558

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• West Ilsley
• Garford
• Ardington
• East Lockinge
• Steventon
• Wantage
• Marcham
• West Hanney
• East Hendred
• Sutton Courtenay

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HENDRED (WEST or LITTLE), a parish in Wantage district, Berks; on a small affluent of the river Thames, 3 miles SW by S of Steventon r. station, and 3¼ E of Wantage. It includes the tythings of East Ginge and Sparsholt Court; and its post town is East Hendred under Wantage. Acres, 1,973. Real property, £3,078. Pop., 351. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £751. Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church has an embattled tower, and is good.

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

Hendred (West), 2½ m. E. Wantage. P. 320.

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

Parish Registers

West Hendred Marriages 1558-1837

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Berkshire, Hendred (Little)
England, Berkshire, Hendred (West)

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

England, Berkshire, West Hendred – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Hendred, 1606-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Hendred (Berkshire)

Hungerford, Marlborough & Wantage : Wesleyan Methodist Circuits historic roll 1899-1904
Author: EurekA Partnership

Marriages at West Hendred, 1558-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Hendred (Berkshire)

Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : Wantage Registration District

Parish chest materials, 1778-1911
Author: West Hendred (Berkshire)

Parish registers for West Hendred, 1558-1972
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Hendred (Berkshire)

West Hendred, Berks., parish registers, 1558 to 1974 : [transcripts]
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Hendred (Berkshire); Blizzard, Elisabeth; Oxfordshire Family History Society

England, Berkshire, West Hendred – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of West Hendred, Berks., Eng

England, Berkshire, West Hendred – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest materials, 1778-1911
Author: West Hendred (Berkshire)

Berkshire Historical Directories

Administration

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