Stanford in the Vale, Berkshire Family History Guide

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Stanford in the Vale is an Ancient Parish in the county of Berkshire. Goosey is a chapelry of Stanford in the Vale.

Alternative names: Standford in the Vale with Goosey

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1612

Nonconformists include: Christians and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Stanford in the Vale Church 1866
Stanford in the Vale Church 1866

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STANFORD-IN-THE-VALE, a village in Faringdon district, and a parish partly also in Wantage district, Berks. The village stands in the White Horse vale, 2¼ miles NNW of Challow r. station, and 4 ESE of Faringdon; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Faringdon. The parish includes Goosey chapelry, and comprises 3,829 acres. Real property, £9,201. Pop., 1,277. Houses, 261. The property is much subdivided. S. Place is the seat of G. B. Egston, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £337. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church was restored in 1851. There are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £9 a year, and charities £41.

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

Historical Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Further Reading

Stanford in the Vale A Berkshire village, its history and antiquities

Stanford in the Vale A Berkshire village, its history and antiquities is available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Stanford in the Vale A Berkshire village, its history and antiquities by Maine, Lewin George. Publisher: J. Parker Oxford and London. Date of publication: 1866.

Stanford in the Vale A Berkshire village , its history and antiquities

Stanford in the Vale A Berkshire village, its history and antiquities by Maine, Lewin George. Publisher: J. Parker Oxford and London. Date of publication: 1866.

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Administration

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