Theale Berkshire Family History Guide

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Theale is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Berkshire, created in 1820 from Tilehurst Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1832
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1833

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THEALE, a chapelry and a hundred in Berks.

The chapelry is in Tilehurst parish; lies on the Reading and Trowbridge railway and on the river Kennet, 5 miles W by S of Reading; contains a village, consisting of one street; and has a post-office under Reading, and a r. station with telegraph. The statistics are returned with Tilehurst.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £774. Patron, Magdalen College, Oxford. The church was built in 1842, and has a pinnacled tower.

There are an Independent chapel and a national school.

The hundred contains 12 parishes and 2 parts. Acres, 23,913. Pop., 6,108. Houses, 1,221.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Berkshire, Theale – Cemeteries ( 2 )
The monumental inscriptions of Theale, Holy Trinity Church and churchyard, 1826-2001
Author: Berkshire Family History Society (England)

Theale war memorial : the stories behind the Berkshire names
Author: Theale Local History Group

England, Berkshire, Theale – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Theale, 1833-1836
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Theale (Berkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Tilehurst (Berkshire)

Parish registers for Theale, 1832-1968
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Theale (Berkshire)

Theale, Holy Trinity parish registers : baptisms 1832-1947, marriages 1833-1964, burials 1832-1932, banns 1924-1968
Author: Berkshire Family History Society (England)

England, Berkshire, Theale – Military records – World War, 1914-1918 ( 1 )
Theale war memorial : the stories behind the Berkshire names
Author: Theale Local History Group

England, Berkshire, Theale – Military records – World War, 1939-1945 ( 1 )
Theale war memorial : the stories behind the Berkshire names
Author: Theale Local History Group

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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