Appleford, Berkshire Family History Guide
Appleford is a chapelry of Sutton Courtenay Ancient Parish in Berkshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 local government boundary changes.
Alternative names: Appleford-on-Thames
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Parish registers begin: 1563
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
APPLEFORD, a chapelry in Sutton-Courtney parish, Berks; on the river Thames and the Oxford branch railway, 1 mile S of Culham r. station, and 3½ SE of Abingdon. Post Town, Abingdon.
Acres, 760. Real property, £1,768. Pop., 288. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a p. curacy annexed to the vicarage of Sutton-Courtney, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is good; and there is a free school.
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
Appleford, 6 m. S. Abingdon. P. 187.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
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Appleford – Kelly’s Post Office Directory 1869 – Google Books
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Appleford Cassey History Gazetteer and Directory of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 1868
Is a village and chapelry belonging to Sutton Courtney, but independent of it as relates to its parochial affairs; it is 3 miles south-east from Abingdon, and 55 from London, in the hundred of Ock, union of Abingdon, and diocese of Oxford.
The chapel is a plain little old building. The living is a chapelry, annexed to Sutton Courtney vicarage, joint annual value £148, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Here is a free school endowed by Mr. Edmond Bradstock, who gave a messuage and 36 acres of land in perpetuity for its support; 20 poor boys are taught, 13 out of Sutton and 7 out of Appleford. There is a charity of £11 a yearfor the poor. Charles Eyston, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner.
The population in 1861 was 288; the parish contains 843 acres; the soil is green sand and gravel.
Letters through Abingdon.
Bullock Richard, Black Horse
Costiff Samuel, schoolmaster
Ody William, Carpenters’ Arms
Pullen Edward, farmer
Symonds Edward, farmer
Tyrrell James, farmer
Wichelow Henry, farmer
Source: Edward Cassey and Co.’s History, Gazetteer and Directory of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 1868.
Appleford Kellys Berkshire Directory 1869
Appleford is a village and parochial chapelry, 3 miles south-east from Abingdon, and 55 from London, in the hundred of Ock, union and county court district of Abingdon, rural deanery of Abingdon, archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Oxford.
The chapel is ancient, and is a small, plain edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, porch, and wooden tower with 3 bells. The living is a chapelry, annexed to Sutton Courtney vicarage, joint annual value £148, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and held by the Rev. R. J. Heward Rice, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford; the Rev. William Jesse Pickard is curate. There is a charity of £11 a year for the poor.
Here is a Free school, endowed by Mr. Edmond Bradstock, who gave a messuage and 36 acres of land in perpetuity for its support; 20 poor boys are taught, 13 out of Sutton and 7 out of Appleford. Charles Eyston, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is green sand and gravel; subsoil, chiefly gravel. The crops are wheat, barley, and roots.
The population in 1861 was 288; the parish contains 843 acres.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Clifford.
Letters through Abingdon, which is the nearest money order office
Free School, Samuel Costiff, master
Cox Mr. John
Steel Mrs
Symonds Mrs
Bullock Richd. Black Horse, & shopkpr
Ody Thomas, Carpenters’ Arms, & carpenter
Pullen Edward, farmer
Symonds Edward, farmer
Tyrrell James, farmer
Viner Philip, shopkeeper
Wichelow Henry, farmer
Source: Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire; E. R. Kelly; Kelly & Co., London. 1869.
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Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Abingdon
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Oxford, Pre-1836 – Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Abingdon
- Poor Law Union: Abingdon
- Hundred: Ock
- Province: Canterbury