Chilton Berkshire Family History Guide

Chilton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1584
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHILTON, a parish in Wantage district, Berks; adjacent to Icknield-street and Blewberry plain, 3½ miles N of East Ilsley, and 4 S by E of Steventon r. station. It has a post office under Steventon, Berkshire. Acres, 415. Real property, £2,229. Pop., 315. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Lattons; and the manor-house, now modernized, bears the name of Latton’s Place. Many Roman antiquities have been found in the neighbourhood, on Hagbourn hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400. Patron, G. Morland, Esq. The church is recent. Charities, £11.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Chilton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Chilton All Saints monumental inscriptions
Author: Chambers, L. H.; Crennell, K. M.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Berkshire, Chilton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Chilton, 1605-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chilton (Berkshire)

Chilton (Berks) All Saints church, parish registers, 1583-1995
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chilton (Berkshire); Oxfordshire Family History Society

Chilton marriage records for the reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901
Author: Woods, Keith Joseph

Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : Wantage Registration District

England, Berkshire, Chilton – History ( 1 )
Chilton’s chattels
Author: Denzey, Frank J

England, Berkshire, Chilton – Probate records ( 1 )
Chilton’s chattels
Author: Denzey, Frank J

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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: Compton
  • Province: Canterbury