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

Adjacent Parishes

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Berkshire, Peasemore – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Peasemore, 1607-1834
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Peasemore (Berkshire)

Index to the burial registers of St. Barnabas, Peasemore, Berkshire
Author: Thomason, F. J.; Lindsay, D.; Berkshire Family History Society (England); Church of England. Parish Church of Peasemore (Berkshire)

Parish chest materials, 1538-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Peasemore (Berkshire); Peasemore (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Peasemore, 1538-1948
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Peasemore (Berkshire)

St. Barnabas Peasemore, Berkshire : index to the baptismal registers, 1538-1990
Author: Loosen, M.; Berkshire Family History Society (England)

England, Berkshire, Peasemore – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Peasemore, Berks., Eng

England, Berkshire, Peasemore – Public records ( 1 )
Parish chest materials, 1538-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Peasemore (Berkshire); Peasemore (Berkshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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