Sotwell, Berkshire Family History Guide

Sotwell is a chapelry of Wallingford St Leonard Ancient Parish in Berkshire

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1684
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SOTWELL, a parish in Wallingford district, Berks; 1½ mile NW of Wallingford r. station. Post town, Wallingford. Acres, 701. Real property, £1,582. Pop., 149. Houses, 36. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Wallingford.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Sotwell – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Sotwell, Berks. (now Oxon.) monumental inscriptions, St. James’s Church & churchyard
Author: Kearsey, Hugh A.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Berkshire, Sotwell – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sotwell, 1605-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sotwell (Berkshire)

Church records, 1727-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sotwell (Berkshire)

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

Sotwell, (Berks) St. James Church parish registers, [1607-1992]
Author: Kearsey, Hugh A.; Brooks, John; Prince, Gwen; Church of England. Parish Church of Sotwell (Berkshire); Oxfordshire Family History Society

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Berkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wallingford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Berkshire
  • Diocese: Pre-1836 – Salisbury, Post-1835 – Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Wallingford
  • Poor Law Union: Wallingford
  • Hundred: Moreton
  • Province: Canterbury