Peasemore Berkshire Family History Guide
Peasemore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PEASEMORE, a village and a parish in Wantage district, Berks.
The village stands 3¾ miles SW by S of East Ilsley, and 7 N of Newbury r. station; and has a post-office under Newbury.
The parish comprises 2,048 acres. Real property, £3,243. Pop., 332. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Eyre, Esq.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £800. Patron, Eyre, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1842, but retains the tower and spire of the previous church.
There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a national school.
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: Wantage
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Newbury
- Poor Law Union: Wantage
- Hundred: Faircross
- Province: Canterbury