Beedon, Berkshire Family History Guide

Beedon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Alternative names: Budon

Other places in the parish include: Stanmore.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1681

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BEEDON, or Budon, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; 2 ¼. miles S of East Ilsley, and 6½ N by E of Newbury r. station. It includes the tything of Stanmore; and has a post office of the name of Beedon-Hill, under Newbury. Acres, 2,004. Real property, £2,251. Pop., 317. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £126. Patron, Sir J. Reade, Bart. 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

Beedon, 2 m. S.W. East Ilsley. P. 334.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Berkshire, Beedon – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Beedon, 1607-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Beedon (Berkshire)

Parish chest and poor law records for Beedon, 1775-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Beedon (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Beedon, 1813-1985
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Beedon (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Beedon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Beedon, 1775-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Beedon (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Beedon – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers, 1877-1926
Author: Beedon Church of England School (Beedon, Berkshire)

Administration

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