West Hanney, Berkshire Family History Guide
West Hanney is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.
Other places in the parish include: East Hanney and Poughley.
Parish church: St. James
Parish registers begin: 1564
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Adjacent Parishes
- Charney Bassett
- Garford
- East Challow
- Grove
- Denchworth
- Ardington
- East Lockinge
- West Hendred
- Steventon
- Wantage
- Marcham
- East Hendred
- Drayton
- Lyford
- Sutton Courtenay
Parish History
West Hanney
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HANNEY (WEST), a village and a township in Wantage district, and a parish partly also in Abingdon district, Berks. The village stands between two affluents of the river Ock, near the Whitehorse vale, 1 mile N by W of Wantage Road r. station, and 3 N of Wantage; and has a post office under Wantage. The township comprises 1, 390 acres. Real property, £3, 360. Pop., 384. Houses, 91.
The parish contains also the township of East Hanney and the chapelry of Lyford. Acres, 3, 060. Real property, £9, 339. Pop., 1, 096. Houses, 271. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of East Hanney, in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £205. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church is partly Norman, with square embattled tower; and has a brass of 1370, and several other brasses. The Vicarage of Lyford is a separate benefice. There are a national school, recently built, Ashcombe’s alms houses, with £374, and other charities with £45.
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
Hanney (West), a parish in the hund. and union of Wantage, county of Berks; 3¾ miles north-north-east of Wantage, on the eastern bank of the river Ock, and in the line of the Great Western railway, and the Berks and Wilts canal. It comprises the township of East Hanney, and the chapelry of Lyford. Living, a discharged vicarage, with the curacy of Lyford, formerly in the archd. of Berks and dio. of Salisbury, now in the dio. of Oxford; rated at £22 12s. 6d.; gross income £210. The church is a handsome Norman edifice. There are 4 daily schools here, 2 of which are endowed.
Charities, in 1836, about £614 16s. 2d. per annum, £585 9s. of which consisted of the proceeds of Oliver Ashcombe’s endowment for 10 almshouses at Lyford, which are inhabited by 3 poor people from East Hanney, 3 from West Hanney, and 4 from Lyford. The annual expenditure from this charity, in 1836, amounted to £201 5s., and it was proposed to erect 8 new alms-houses. Acres 3,060. Houses 231. A. P. £6,848. Pop., in 1801, 989; in 1831, 1,161. Poor rates, in 1838, £653 4s.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
East Hanney
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Hanney (East), a township in the parish of West Hanney, county of Berks. There is an endowed daily school here. Acres 1,390. Houses 133. A.P. £3,186. Pop., in 1801, 535; in 1831, 631. Poor rates, in 1838, £350 5s
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851
Parish Registers
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Wicksted, William, vicar of Hanney, Berks, bachelor, 39, and Mary Palmer, daughter of Mr. Stephen Palmer, of St. Mary, Savoy, inn-holder, spinster, 20, her father’s consent — at St. Mary, Savoy. 21 Dec. 1680. B.
Sellwood, John, of Abingdon, Berks, bachelor, 25, and Martha Ayscombe, of Lyford, said county, spinster, 15, with consent of her brother, Oliver Ayscombe, esq., and of her guardian, Robert Greenaway, her parents dead, alleged by Robert Sellwood, of Abingdon aforesaid — at Cromish, co. Oxon, or …. 17 July, 1695. P.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
West Hanney Marriages 1564-1837
Parish Records
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Berkshire Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
Hanney Kellys Berkshire Directory 1869
Hanney is a parish, consisting of the townships of East and West Hanney, in the hundred, union and county court district of Wantage, rural deanery of Wantage, archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Oxford.
West Hanney is near the line of the Great Western Railway and the Wilts and Berks Canal, about 4 miles north-north-east from Wantage, and 7½ from Abingdon.
The church of St. James is a handsome Norman structure, with nave, chancel, south aisle, and square embattled tower containing 7 bells: in the chancel are some good brasses, chiefly belonging to the Ayshcombe family. The register dates from the year 1582. The living is a vicarage, annual value £205, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, and held by the Rev. James Macdougal M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford.
A National school for boys and girls serves for both East and West Hanney. The principal landowners are Lt.-Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, M.P., W. Morrison, Esq., and the Messrs. Godfrey. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips.
The township comprises 1,300 acres, and the population in 1861 was 384.
Post Office. — William Bursom, receiver. Letters arrive from Wantage at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 6.15 p.m. Wantage is the nearest money order office
East Hanney is situated on the river Ock, about 7 miles south-west from Abingdon, and 3½ north from Wantage. The Wantage road station of the Great Western Railway is situated about three quarters of a mile from the village. A chapel of ease, St. James-the-Less, has been erected, by subscription, from designs by O. E. Street, Esq.: it will seat upwards of 150 persons. The township comprises 600 acres of very rich arable land; the population in 1801 was 563.
Parish Clerk, James Bunce.
Post Office. — John Piggot, receiver. Letters arrive from Wantage at 8.15 a.m.; dispatched at 6.20 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Wantage
National School, Robert Frost, master; Miss Susan Frost, mistress
Carriers to : —
Abingdon — Benjamin Dunsdon & Charles Herman, to ‘Oxford Arms,’ monday
Oxford — Lloyd, from West Hanney, Saturday
Wantage — Benjamin Dunsdon & Charles Herman, to ‘Blue Boar,’ Wednesday & Saturday
West Hanney.
Chapman Mr. John
Macdougal Rev. James, M.A. [vicar], Vicarage
COMMERCIAL.
Athawes William, farmer
Belcher Alfred, wheelwright
Belcher James, wheelwright
Bullock John, farmer
Bunce James, mason
Carr Charles Prince, Lamb
Cox William, blacksmith
Fuller Thomas, shoe maker
Greenaway Joseph, farmer, Manor farm
Heading William, farmer
Higgs Stephen, shopkeeper
Lloyd Edwin, cattle dealer
Lloyd Henry, cattle dealer
Lloyd Richard, shopkeeper & beer retlr
Monk James, farmer
Talmage Edward, shopkeeper
Wheeler William (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Wicks John, beer retailer
East Hanney.
Jay Rev. Charles Ashfleld [curate]
Stephenson Mr. Thomas
Whitfield Mrs
COMMERCIAL.
Aldworth Charles, carpenter
Belcher Henry, shopkeeper
Betteridge Henry, farmer
Betteridge John, Crown
Cox Charles, blacksmith
Dandridge Dennis, farmer & miller
Dormer Thomas, farmer
Fisher John, farmer
Fisher Joseph, farmer
Godfrey William, Black Horse
Hammand Rebecca ( Mrs.), beer retailer
Herman Charles, shopkeeper
Herman John B. shopkeeper
Lalley Jethro, farmer
Lovegrove Charles, Plough
Lyford James, farmer
Lyford John, farmer
Piggot John, boot & shoe maker
Richards Benjamin, shopkeeper
Tyrrell Edward, farmer
Tyrrell John B. farmer
West Daniel, miller
Source: Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire; E. R. Kelly; Kelly & Co., London. 1869.
Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Wantage
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Abingdon
- Poor Law Union: Wantage
- Hundred: Wantage
- Province: Canterbury