Speenhamland, Berkshire Family History Guide

Speenhamland is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Berkshire, created in 1844 from Speen Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Newbury St Mary the Virgin

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1831
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1836

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SPEENHAMLAND, a chapelry in Speen parish, Berks; adjacent to Newbury town and r. station. Post town, Newbury. Real property, £4,633; of which £92 are in gasworks. Pop., 1,767. Houses, 366. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £152. Patron, the Vicar of Speen. The church was built in 1830.

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.

Botham Eleanor, Speenhamland, Berks, innholder, April 6, 1841.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Speenhamland – Cemeteries ( 2 )
List of names so far as they can be ascertained of deceased persons interred in the crypt of former church of St. Mary, Speenhamland
Author: Newbury (Berkshire). District Council

Parish registers Speenhamland, St. Mary’s : baptisms 1831-1971, banns 1847-1963, marriages 1847-1972, burials 1831-1881, funerals 1953-1971
Author: Berkshire Family History Society (England)

England, Berkshire, Speenhamland – Church records ( 2 )
Parish chest materials, 1831-1866
Author: Speenhamland (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Speenhamland, 1847-1972
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Speenhamland (Berkshire)

England, Berkshire, Speenhamland – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls, 1734-1735
Author: Manor of Speenhamland. Court (Berkshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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