Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire Family History Guide

Waltham St Lawrence is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1614

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WALTHAM-ST. LAWRENCE, a parish, with a village, in Cookham district, Berks; 2¾ miles ENE of Twyford r. station. It has a post-office under Twyford, and a fair on 11 Aug. Acres, 3,468. Real property, £5,710. Pop., 848. Houses, 165. The property is much subdivided. A Roman camp is at Castle-Acre; and Roman coins, urns, and other relics have there been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £211. Patron, Lord Braybrooke. The church was restored in 1847. A chapel of ease is at Scurlock. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed school with £35 a year, and charities £35.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Berkshire, Waltham-St. Lawrence – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Waltham-St. Lawrence, 1614-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waltham-St. Lawrence (Berkshire)

Parish registers and poor law records for Waltham-St. Lawrence, 1559-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waltham-St. Lawrence (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Waltham-St. Lawrence – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, England

England, Berkshire, Waltham-St. Lawrence – Civil registration ( 1 )
Parish registers and poor law records for Waltham-St. Lawrence, 1559-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waltham-St. Lawrence (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Waltham-St. Lawrence – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1651-1851
Author: Waltham-St. Lawrence (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Waltham-St. Lawrence – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1651-1851
Author: Waltham-St. Lawrence (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Waltham-St. Lawrence – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Parish registers and poor law records for Waltham-St. Lawrence, 1559-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waltham-St. Lawrence (Berkshire)

Poor law records, 1651-1851
Author: Waltham-St. Lawrence (Berkshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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