West Woodhay, Berkshire Family History Guide
West Woodhay is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1653
Nonconformists include:
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WOODHAY (West), a parish in Hungerford district, Berks; 3 miles S by W of Kintbury r. station, and 5 SE of Hungerford. Post town, Newbury. Acres, 1,407. Real property, £1,446. Pop., 130. Houses, 27. The manor, with the Manor House, belongs to the Rev. John Sloper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £260. Patron, the Rev. J. Sloper. The church is good.
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
Woodhay, (West), 5 miles fr. Hungerford. P. 131.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Registers
Marriages at West Woodhay 1653-1812
Parish Records
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Berkshire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Hungerford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Newbury
- Poor Law Union: Hungerford
- Hundred: Kintbury Eagle
- Province: Canterbury