Hatford, Berkshire Family History Guide
Hatford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HATFORD, a parish in Faringdon district, Berks; near the river Ock, 3¼ miles E by S of Faringdon town and r. station. Post town, Faringdon. Acres, 999. Real property, £1,508. Pop., 122. Houses, 26. The property is all in one estate.
The manor belonged to the poet Chaucer; passed, through marriage with the poet’s danghter, to the Duke of Suffolk; went afterwards to the Crown; and belongs now to Sidney Pusey, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £322. Patron, the Rev. S. Paynter. The church is ancient and pretty good; has a Norman doorway; and contains a very ancient tomb, traditionally said to be that of Chaucer.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Hatford, 1841-1891
Church Records
Cemeteries
History
Hatford : a parish record
Author: Howse, Violet M. (Violet Mary)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Faringdon
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Abingdon
- Poor Law Union: Faringdon
- Hundred: Ganfield
- Province: Canterbury