Kingston Bagpuize Berkshire Family History Guide
Kingston Bagpuize is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1539
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KINGSTON-BAGPUIZE, a parish in Abingdon district, Berks; between the Whitehorse vale and the river Isis, 6 miles W of Abingdon r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Kingston, under Abingdon.
Acres, 1,097. Real property, £2,134. Pop., 283. Houses, 64. The property is much subdivided. The manor was given, by William the Conqueror, to Sir Richard Bagpuize; and, with Kingston House, belongs now to John B. Jenkins, Esq. At Newbridge, on the Isis here, the parliamentary army suffered a repulse in 1644.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £380. Patron, St. John’s College, Oxford. The church was rebuilt in 1799.
A free school is here for 20 boys, from four parishes; and there are charities £34.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Kingston, Bagpuze, co. Berks.
P. T. Abingdon (56) 6 m. W. Pop. 327.
A parish in the hundred of Ock; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Salisbury; valued in K. B. 10l. 6s. 5½d.; church ded. to St. John the Baptist; patron, St. John’s College, Oxford.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
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- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Abingdon
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Abingdon
- Poor Law Union: Abingdon
- Hundred: Ock
- Province: Canterbury