South Moreton, Berkshire Family History Guide

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South Moreton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Fulscot.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. John

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1599
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Strict Baptist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MORETON (SOUTH), a village and a parish in Wallingford district, Berks.

The village stands on a small affluent of the river Thames, near the Great Western railway, 2¾ miles N W of Wallingford-Road r. station, and 4 WSW of Wallingford; and has a post office under Wallingford.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Fulscot, and comprises 1,470 acres. Real property, £2,711. Pop., 371. Houses, 81. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to J. Sadgrove, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £250. Patron, Magdalen Hall, Oxford. The church is early English, in good condition; and comprises two aisles, part of one of which forms the chancel.

There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £50.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Moreton, South, co. Berks.

P. T. Wallingford (46) 3½ m. WSW. Pop. 364.

A parish in the hundred of Moreton; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Salisbury; valued in K. B. 12l. 15s. 5d.; ann. val. P. R. 139l.; church ded. to St. John; patron, the University of Oxford, in trust for Magdalen Hall.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

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.

Batten Charles, Moreton mills, Berks, paper manufacturer, April 23, 1839.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, South Moreton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
South Moreton, Berks (now Oxon.) monumental inscriptions
Author: Chambers, L. H.; Kearsey, Hugh A.; Oxfordshire Family History Society

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

England, Berkshire, South Moreton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for South Moreton, 1607-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of South Moreton (Berkshire)

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

Parish registers for South Moreton, 1599-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of South Moreton (Berkshire)

South Moreton (Berks) St. John the Baptist parish registers, [1559-1996]
Author: Kearsey, Hugh A.; Kearsey, Jean; Oxfordshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of South Moreton (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, South Moreton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of South Moreton, Berkshire, England

England, Berkshire, South Moreton – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers, 1873-1925
Author: South Moreton Parochial School (South Moreton, Berkshire)

Administration

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