Old Windsor Berkshire Family History Guide
Old Windsor is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Berkshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1755
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1612
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Particular Baptist, Protestant Dissenters, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- New Windsor
- Virginia Water, Surrey
- Sunningdale
- Egham, Surrey
- Cranbourne
- Sunninghill
- Datchet
- Wyrardisbury
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WINDSOR (Old), a parish, with a village, in Windsor district, Berks; on the Thames, 2¼ miles SE by S of Windsor r. station. It has a post-office under Windsor. Acres, 5,401. Real property, £10,437. Pop., 1,835. Houses, 311.
The manor belonged anciently to the Saxon kings, and belongs now to the Queen. Moat Farm is said to have been a hunting-seat of the Saxon kings. Beaumont belonged to the late Lord Ashbrook, and was once occupied by Warren Hastings. Woodside, Park Place, Old Windsor Lodge, Kingsmead, Burfield Lodge, Pelling Place, Holly Grove, and the Priory also are chief residences.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £270. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English, and was restored in 1864. The chapel-royal, in Windsor Park, is a separate charge, under patronage of the Queen. Part of Sunningdale chapelry is within the parish.
There are a national school and charities £25. See Windsor and Windsor Castle.
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.
Betts John, Spital, Windsor, Berks, victualler, Feb. 24. 1835.
Foley Henry Franklin, Windsor, Berkshire, surgeon, Oct. 10, 1834.
Gough William, Windsor, Berkshire, coach maker, March 12, 1830.
Griffin John, Windsor, Berkshire, wine merchant, Nov. 17, 1840.
Jenkins John, Windsor, Berkshire, leather seller, March 23, 1838.
Latter James, Windsor, Berkshire, oilman, May 28, 1822.
Perryman William, Windsor, Berkshire, stationer, Ang. 15, 1828.
Powell James, sen., Windsor, Berkshire, tailor. Nov. З, 1821.
Powell James, Windsor, Berkshire. tailor, Feb. 4, 1826.
Salisbury Andrew and David, Windsor, Berkshire, drapers, May 31, 1823.
Style Elizabeth, Windsor, Berkshire, bookseller, May 27, 1842.
Westen George Gibson, Windsor, Berkshire, linen draper, March 29, 1839.
Wootten John, Windsor, Berkshire, coal and timber merchant. Jan. 12, 1822.
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Berkshire
- Civil Registration District: Windsor
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
- Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Reading
- Poor Law Union: Windsor
- Hundred: Ripplesmere
- Province: Canterbury