Brightwell Berkshire Family History Guide

Brightwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1564
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRIGHTWELL, a parish in Wallingford district, Berks; near the river Thames and the Great Western railway, 2½ miles WNW of Wallingford r. station. and 3½ E of Didcot. It has a post office under Wallingford. Acres, 2,024. Real property, £4,503. Pop., 703. Houses, 158. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Winchester. An ancient castle stood here; and was destroyed about the time of Henry II. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, 674. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was repaired in 1858: and there are a national school, and charities £25. Godwin, author of a work on Jewish and Roman antiquities, Bernard, the astronomer, and Wintle, the orientalist, were rectors.

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

Brightwell, 1 mile N.W. Wallingford. P. 611.

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

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Wells William, Brightwell, Berkshire, farmer, March 4, 1823.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Brightwell, St. Agatha, monumental inscriptions
Author: Chambers, L. H.; Kearsey, Hugh A.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Census ( 2 )
Brightwell (Berks.) St. Agatha parish registers
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brightwell (Berkshire); Kearsey, Hugh A.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Census returns for Brightwell, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Church history ( 1 )
The Brightwell Parish diaries
Author: Spurrell, Mark

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Brightwell, 1607-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brightwell (Berkshire)

Brightwell (Berks.) St. Agatha parish registers
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brightwell (Berkshire); Kearsey, Hugh A.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

The Brightwell Parish diaries
Author: Spurrell, Mark

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

Parish registers for Brightwell, 1837-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brightwell (Berkshire)

Tithe award of the parish of Besselsleigh, Berkshire, 1841-1842, tithe award of the parish of Brightwell, 1839-1841

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Occupations ( 1 )
Brightwell, Berkshire, civil records, 1666-1895

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest material, 1713-1823
Author: Brightwell (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Probate records ( 2 )
Brightwell (Berks.) St. Agatha parish registers
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brightwell (Berkshire); Kearsey, Hugh A.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Parish chest material, 1713-1823
Author: Brightwell (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Brightwell – Public records ( 1 )
Brightwell, Berkshire, civil records, 1666-1895

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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