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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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Hatford, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Hatford, 1607-1834
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hatford (Berkshire)

Hatford (Berks) Holy Trinity Church parish registers
Author: Howse, Violet M. (Violet Mary); Kearsey, Hugh A.; Oxfordshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Hatford (Berkshire)

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

Cemeteries

Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire) Hatford, St. George’s churchyard : [monumental inscriptions]
Author: Howse, Violet M. (Violet Mary); Oxfordshire Family History Society

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