Lyford, Berkshire Family History Guide

Lyford is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Berkshire, created in 1845 from a chapelry in West Hanney Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1843
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LYFORD, a chapelry in West Hanney parish, Berks; on the river Ock, in Whitehorse vale, 2½ miles NNW of Wantage-Road r. station, and 4 N of Wantage. Post-town, Wantage. Acres, 1,070. Real property, £1,438. Pop., 149. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £90. Patron, Worcester College, Oxford. The church is good, and there are alms houses for 16 persons.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Lyford – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Lyford churchyard
Author: Howse, Violet M. (Violet Mary); Oxfordshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions, St. Mary, Lyford, Oxfordshire, formerly Berkshire

England, Berkshire, Lyford – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Lyford, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Berkshire, Lyford – Church history ( 1 )
Lyford : a parish record
Author: Howse, Violet M. (Violet Mary)

England, Berkshire, Lyford – Church records ( 5 )
Church records, 1857-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lyford (Berkshire)

Hanney parish registers, 1564-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Hanney (Berkshire)

Lyford parish registers, 1573-1974
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lyford (Berkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of West Hanney (Berkshire); Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

Parish registers for Lyford, 1843-1982
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lyford (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Lyford – History ( 1 )
Lyford
Author: Charlton, Gladys

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • 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