Watchfield, Berkshire Family History Guide

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Watchfield is a chapelry of Shrivenham Ancient Parish in Berkshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1858
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WATCHFIELD, a township in Shrivenham parish, Berks; 4½ miles SW by S of Great Faringdon. Real property, £2,223. Pop., 431. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to the Earl of Radnor. There are a chapel of ease and a national school.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Watchfield, a township in the parish and hund. of Shrivenham, union of Faringdon, county of Berks; 4½ miles south-west by south of Great Faringdon, a little to the north of the Great Western railway. Tithes commuted in 1789. Acreage with the parish. Houses 59. A. P. £2,012. Pop., in 1801, 305; in 1831, 341. Poor rates, in 1838, £95 2s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

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.

Pinniger Richard, Watchfield, Berkshire, corn dealer, Feb. 1, 1823.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Berkshire, Watchfield – Church records ( 3 )
Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : Faringdon Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

Parish chest materials, 1725-1908
Author: Watchfield (Berkshire)

St. Thomas parish registers, Watchfield
Author: Church, Rosemary; Church of England. Chapelry of Watchfield (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Watchfield – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest materials, 1725-1908
Author: Watchfield (Berkshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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