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: 1843
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
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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].
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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