Bracknell is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Berkshire, created in 1851 from a chapelry in Warfield Ancient Parish and Winkfield Ancient Parish.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1851
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1836
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
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Adjacent Parishes
- Frimley, Surrey
- Sunningdale
- Crowthorne
- Windlesham, Surrey
- Easthampstead
- Winkfield
- Sunninghill
- Warfield
Parish History
BRACKNELL Berkshire High Street 
BRACKNELL Berkshire Station Road 
Bracknell High Street Berkshire
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRACKNELL, a village, a chapelry, and a subdistrict, in the district of Easthampstead, Berks. The village stands adjacent to the Southwestern railway, 3 miles W of Ascot racecourse, and 4 E of Wokingham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office, of the name of Bracknell, Berkshire; and is a polling-place. Fairs are held at it on 25 April, 22 Aug., and 1 Oct. It consists of one fine, long, open street; and there are several large mansions in its neighbourhood. The chapelry includes the village; is in the parishes of Warfield and Winkfield; and was constituted in 1851. Pop., 1,007. Houses, 202. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £65. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church is a graceful structure of 1851, in the early English style. There are an Independent chapel, a literary institute. and national schools. The subdistrict contains five parishes. Acres, 20,614. Pop., 6,165. Houses, 1,203.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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.
Holloway Job, Bracknell, Berks, grocer and draper, Jan. 2, 1838.
Wilcocks Wm., Bracknell, Berkshire, saddler & harness maker, Jan.25, 1842.
Parish Records
Berkshire Archives & Family History Groups
Berkshire Family History Society
Berkshire
England, Berkshire, Reading, Cemetery Records, 1843-1959
Wellington College Register 1859-1905
Abingdon Union Workhouse Census 1881
Bradfield Union Workhouse 1881
Easthampstead Union Workhouse 1881
Great Faringdon Union Workhouse 1881
Hungerford Union Workhouse 1881
Wallingford Union Workhouse 1881
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Easthampstead
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Reading
- Poor Law Union: Easthampstead
- Hundred: Ripplesmere; Wargrave
- Province: Canterbury