Appleton, Berkshire Family History Guide

Appleton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Eaton.

Parish church: St. Lawrence

Parish registers begin: 1569

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Society of Friends/Quaker and Independent/Congregational.

Parishes adjacent to Appleton

Northmoor, Oxfordshire
Tubney
Besselsleigh
Fyfield
Cumnor

Historical Descriptions

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Appleton, 5 m. N.W. Abingdon. P. 496.

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

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Barrett Paulin; & John Sessions Barrett; Appleton, Berks, apoth. Nov. 6, 1829.

Directories

Appleton – Kelly’s Post Office Directory 1869 – Google Books

Appleton with Eaton Berkshire Cassey History Gazetteer and Directory of Berkshire and Oxfordshire 1868

Appleton is a parish, in the hundred of Ock, union of Abingdon, and diocese of Oxford, situated about 5½ miles north-west from Abingdon, and 7 south-west from Oxford, bounded by the Thames on the west. The church of St. Lawrence is a plain structure, with nave, chancel, and square embattled tower containing ten very fine musical bells, which are deservedly much admired. There is an excellent band of change ringers. In the interior are several memorials to the families of the present and former lords of the manor. The living is a rectory, annual value £307, with residence, in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford. The Manor House is supposed to have .been built in the reign of Henry II.; it was formerly surrounded by a moat, part of which has lately been filled up. The manor of Appleton was anciently in the possession of the families of Fitz Warine, Caston, Petyt, and Fettyplace; it was purchased of the Hanleys by the ancestors of the late Robert James Southby, Esq. Here is a dissenting chapel and a free school for eight boys, which was endowed in 1604 by Sir R. Fettyplace. There are other charities connected with the parish, producing about £50 per annum.

The population in 1861 was 549; the parish, including the township of Eaton, comprises 1977 acres.

Post Office. — George White, receiver. Letters arrive from Abingdon at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m. The nearest money-order office is at Abingdon. Letters through Abingdon.

APPLETON.

Butler Rev. William James, B.D.

Jones Mr. Jesse

Lowndes James B., Esq., Manor house

Bevers Edmund, surgeon-dentist

Bennett Alfred, builder, wheelwright, &c.

Bennett William, farmer

Busby James, shopkeeper, baker & farmer

Calvert Thomas, farmer

Clandfield William, farmer

Corbut Sarah, shopkeeper

Hollifield W. S., plumber, &c.