Hinton Waldrist, Berkshire Family History Guide

Hinton Waldrist is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Duxford.

Alternative names: Hinton-Waldrist, Hinton St Wallery, Hinton-St. Walery

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1551
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HINTON-WALDRIST, or HINTON-ST. WALERY, a village and a parish in Faringdon district, Berks.

The village stands near the river Isis at the boundary with Oxford, 5¾ miles NNW of Wantage-Road r. station and 6½ ENE of Great Faringdon; and was once a market town.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Duxford. Post town, Faringdon. Acres, 2,180. Real property, £4,367. Pop., 329. Houses, 67. The property, with Hinton House, belongs to J. L. Symonds, Esq. Building-stone is quarried. Traces of an ancient camp are near Windmill hill.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £470. Patron, J. L. Symonds, Esq. The church is cruciform, very ancient, and in very mixed styles of architecture, chiefly early English; has a W tower; and, excepting the nave, was all recently restored.

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 Hinton Waldrist, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Hinton-Waldrist, 1605-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hinton-Waldrist (Berkshire)

Hinton Waldrist, Berkshire, parish registers, 1559-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hinton-Waldrist (Berkshire); Blizzard, Elisabeth

Parish registers for Hinton-Waldrist, 1770-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hinton-Waldrist (Berkshire)

Computer printout of Hinton Waldrist, Berks., Eng.

Cemeteries

Hinton Waldrist church and churchyard inscriptions
Author: Howse, Jasmine S.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

Description and Travel

The parish of Hinton Waldrist : a sense of place
Author: Keene, Peter; Keene, Janet; Kelly, Jan

History

Hinton Waldrist through the centuries
Author: Howse, Jasmine S.

Schools

Admission registers, 1878-1950
Author: Hinton-Waldrist Church of England School (Hinton-Waldrist, Berkshire)

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