Culham, Berkshire Family History Guide

Culham is an Ancient Parish partly in Berkshire and partly in Oxfordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Otney Mead.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1648
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1721

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CULHAM, a parish in the district of Abingdon, and counties of Oxford and Berks; on the river Thames, adjacent to the Oxford railway, 1½ mile S by E of Abingdon. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Abingdon. Acres, 1,680; of which about 40 are in Berks. Real property, £3,656. Pop., 474. Houses, 93. The property is all in one estate.

The manor belonged to Abingdon abbey; and an old seat on it, converted into a farm-house, was a residence of the abbots. Culham college, built in 1853, at a cost of nearly £20,000, is a training school for schoolmasters of the dioceses of Oxford and Gloucester, and contains accommodation for 130 students. A bridge on the Thames here was built in 1416 by Geoffrey Barbour.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £100. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church was mainly rebuilt in 1852, in the early English style; but retains a chancel and tower of 1712. Charities, £41.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Oxfordshire, Culham – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Culham, 1721-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Culham (Oxfordshire)

Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : Abingdon Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society

Parish registers for Culham, 1747-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Culham (Oxfordshire)

England, Oxfordshire, Culham – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Culham, Oxon., Eng

Parish register printouts of Culham, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1721-1852
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Culham, Oxford, England ; christenings, 1853-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Berkshire; Oxfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Abingdon
  • Probate Court: Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and the Archdeaconry of Oxford
  • Diocese: Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Cuddesdon
  • Poor Law Union: Abingdon
  • Hundred: Dorchester
  • Province: Canterbury