Swallowfield, Berkshire Family History Guide

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Swallowfield is a chapelry of Shinfield Ancient Parish in Berkshire.

Other places in the parish include: East Swallowfield, Farley, West Swallowfield

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1636
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Swallowfield Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Swallowfield. The index includes information from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 and The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.

Belsher, Edward, of Hartley Wintney, miller, & Susannah Read, of Swallowfield, co. Berks, sp., at Heckfield, 6 Dec, 1733

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Clark Henry, Swallowfields, Wiltshire, grocer and baker, Nov. 19, 1822.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SWALLOWFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Wokingham district, Berks; on the river Blackwater, 3¾ miles E of Mortimer r. station, and 6 S by E of Reading. It has a post-office under Reading, and a fair on 9 June. Acres, 3,712. Real property, £6,345. Pop. 1,265. Houses, 266. The manor belongs to H. L. Hunter, Esq. S. Park is the seat of Sir Russell, Bart.; and was the place where Clarendon wrote his “History.” Farley-Hill Castle, Farley-Hill House, and Wyvols Court also are good residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £180. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is ancient but good. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, a parochial school, and charities £8.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Swallowfield, 5 miles S. Reading. P. 1134

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Berkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wokingham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
  • Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Reading
  • Poor Law Union: Wokingham
  • Hundred: Charlton; Reading
  • Province: Canterbury