Winterbourne, Berkshire Family History Guide

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Winterbourne is a chapelry of Chieveley with Winterbourne and Oare Ancient Parish in Berkshire.

Alternative names: Winterbourn

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1564
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINTERBOURN, a chapelry in Chieveley parish, Berks; 3¾ miles NNW of Newbury r. station. Post town, Newbury. Real property, £3,432. Pop., 377. Houses, 82. The property is divided among a few. The living is annexed to Chieveley. The church was recently restored.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Winterbourn – Cemeteries ( 3 )
The monumental inscriptions of Winterbourne, St. James the Less Church burial ground, 1657-1985
Author: Berkshire Family History Society (England); Bryant, Paul

St. James the Less, Winterbourne, Berkshire, memorial inscriptions

St. James the Less, Winterbourne, Berkshire, monumental inscriptions

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

England, Berkshire, Winterbourn – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Winterbourn, 1608-1835
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Winterbourn (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Winterbourne, 1725-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterbourne (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Winterbourn – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Winterbourne, Berkshire, England

St. James the Less, Winterbourne, Berkshire, index to the burial registers, 1567-1979
Author: Berkshire Family History Society (England); Church of England. St. James-the-Less Church (Winterbourne, Berkshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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