Shalbourne Berkshire Family History Guide
Shalbourne is an Ancient Parish partly in Berkshire and partly in Wiltshire.
Other places in the parish include: Newton and Bagshot.
Alternative names: Shalbourn
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1672
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1587
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire
- Froxfield, Wiltshire
- Ham, Wiltshire
- Inkpen
- Shalbourne, Wiltshire
- Hungerford, Wiltshire
- Hungerford
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHALBOURN, a village in Berks, and a parish partly also in Wilts; but all in Hungerford district.
The village stands near Wans dyke, 2¾ miles E of Bedwyn r. station, and 4 SSW of Hungerford; and has a post-office under Hungerford.
The parish contains also the hamlets of Bagshot and Oxenwood in Berks, and the hamlet of Newtown in Wilts. Acres of the B. portion, 2,550; of the W. portion, 2,805. Real property of the whole, £6,879. Pop., 506 and 506. Houses, 105 and 113. Much of the property belongs to the Marquis of Ailesbury. Prosperous farm was the scene of the agricultural experiments of Jethro Tull.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £428. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is good; and there are a parochial school, and charities £13.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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England, Berkshire, Shalbourn
Census
Census returns for Shalbourn, 1841-1891
Church Records
Parish registers for Fosbury, 1856-1973 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Fosbury (Wiltshire)
Computer printout of Shalbourne, Wilts., Eng
Land and Property
Overseers rate books and miscellaneous parish records 1773-1867 Author: Shalbourn (Wiltshire)
Manors
Estate survey in Pewsey, Wiltshire, 1552-1730 Author: Manor of Pewsey (Wiltshire)
Court Records
Manor court rolls in Shalbourn, Wiltshire, 1566 Author: Manor of Shalbourn. Court (Wiltshire)
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Overseers rate books and miscellaneous parish records 1773-1867 Author: Shalbourn (Wiltshire)
Taxation
Vital Records
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Hungerford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1846 – Windsor, Post-1845 – Newbury
- Poor Law Union: Hungerford
- Hundred: Kintbury Eagle
- Province: Canterbury