Earley, Berkshire Family History Guide

Earley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Berkshire, created in 1843 from Sonning Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Earleigh, Early

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1854
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1854

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EARLEIGH, Earley, or Early, a liberty and a chapelry in Sonning parish, Berks. The liberty lies near the Reading and Guildford railway, 2½ miles SE of Reading; and has a post office under Reading, and a r. station. Real property, £5,065. Pop., 566. Houses, 118. E. Court belongs to Viscount Sidmouth; Maiden-Earleigh, to B. Golding, Esq. The chapelry includes part of Woodley, and was constituted in 1854. Pop., 774. Houses, 154. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Oxford. Value, £175. Patron, the Vicar of Sonning, The church was built in 1844.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Early, a liberty in the parish of Sonning, county of Berks; 24 miles south-east of Reading. Here is a small daily school. Acres 2,280. Houses 89. Pop., in 1821, 447; in 1831, 441. Poor rates, in 1838, £547 15s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Earley, 1841-1891

Church Records

Parish chest and poor law records for Sonning, 1715-1899
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sonning (Berkshire); Sonning (Berkshire)

Parish registers for St. Bartholomew’s Church, Earley, 1878-1985
Author: Church of England. St. Bartholomew’s Church (Earley, Berkshire)

Parish registers for St. Peter’s Church, Earley, 1854-1940
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Earley, Berkshire)

Church History

The story of Earley St. Peter’s, 1884-1994
Author: Hanna, Lesley; Hanna, Chad

Cemeteries

The monumental inscriptions of Mays Lane burial ground, Earley, 1936-1993 : [Earley, St. Peter’s extension (1926-1984)]
Author: Mays Lane Cemetery (Earley, Berkshire); Berkshire Family History Society (England)

Transcript of memorial inscriptions in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Earley, Reading
Author: Longhurst, W.

Transcript of memorial inscriptions in St. Peter’s Church, Earley

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Parish chest and poor law records for Sonning, 1715-1899
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sonning (Berkshire); Sonning (Berkshire)

Taxation

Parish chest and poor law records for Sonning, 1715-1899
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sonning (Berkshire); Sonning (Berkshire)

History

Earley days : an illustrated account our community’s development
Author: Earley Local History Group

Earley memories : a century of change
Author: Earley Local History Group

The story of Reading : including Caversham, Tilehurst, Calcot, Earley and Woodley
Author: Phillips, Daphne

Land and Property

Parish chest and poor law records for Sonning, 1715-1899
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sonning (Berkshire); Sonning (Berkshire)

Public Records

Endowed charities, county of Berkshire : Sonning, including Earley and Woodley and Sandford

Schools

Admission registers, 1875-1878
Author: Reading and Earley Board School (Reading, Berkshire)

Copybooks to computers : a celebration of 150 years of Earley St. Peter’s C of E (Aided) School, 1848-1998
Author: Watts, E.; Platts, H.; Cobbold, J.

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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