Berkshire Record Office Collections

DP71 - Hungerford Parish Records

Catalogue Reference	D/P71
Title	Hungerford Parish Records
Description	Summary REGISTERS: baptisms, 1559-1927; marriages, 1562-1979; burials, 1559-1969; banns, 1754-1808, 1859-1987; confirmations, 1901-1908, 1925-1986; marriages (St Saviour's, Eddington), 1877-1969. SERVICES: registers of services, 1894-1902, 1910-1973; registers of services (St Saviour's, Eddington), 1894-1971; registers of services (St Mary's, Newtown), 1902-1960; registers of services (St John's mission church), 1953-1983; licence to perform services (St Mary's Newtown), 1870. BENEFICE PAPERS: 1898-1900. CHURCHWARDENS: rates, c.1866, 1896-1897; accounts, 1659-1951; accounts (St Mary's and St Saviour's), 1906-1951; deeds of Church House, 1699-1867; ground plan of church, [1879]; faculties, 1891-1943; miscellaneous papers, 1748, 1866-1940. VESTRY: minutes, 1581-1970; minutes of special standing committees, 1782-1834. PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL: minutes, 1920-1979; annual accounts, 1953-1988; miscellaneous papers, 1938-1939. OVERSEERS: rates, 1682-1843; accounts, 1721-1831; workhouse accounts, 1807-1822; settlement certificates, 1692-1775; examinations, 1732-1834; removal orders, 1694-1834; apprenticeship papers, 1654-1831; bastardy papers, 1712-1836; miscellaneous papers, 1762-1844. SURVEYORS: agreement for widening Chilton Lane, 1824. SPECIAL COMMITTEES: miscellaneous papers, 1811-1858. CHARITIES: deeds, 1625-1842; miscellaneous papers, 1925-1974. SCHOOLS: Hungerford National School: admission register, 1816-1856; managers' minutes, 1837-1910. Newtown School: deed of site of school, 1842. TITHE: award, 1848; map, 1849; altered apportionments, 1866-1876; copy tithe award, (1848). MISCELLANEOUS: 1672-1970, including lists of parishioners, 1825-1834. PARISH MAGAZINES: 1871-1880, 1981-1989, 2003 onwards; Hungerford and Denford parish news sheets, 1979-1980.
Date	1559-2021
Repository	Berkshire Record Office (code: GB 005)
Level	Fonds
Acquisition	Deposited in March 1950 (acc. 224); September 1950 (accs. 274, 275); May 1951 (acc. 356); May 1956 (acc. 697); February 1977 (acc. 2194); April 1977 (acc. 2205); November 1984 (acc. 3471); June 1986 (accs. 3828, 3845); March 1987 (acc. 3960); September 1988 (acc. 4303); July 1989 (acc. 4438); September 1989 (acc. 4456); and November 1989 (acc. 4480); January 2005 (acc. 7565); December 2006 (acc. 7944); December 2007 (acc. 8156) and June 2008 (acc. 8241); December 2008 (acc. 8318); December 2009 (acc. 8509); October 2011 (acc. 8875); December 2011 (acc. 8925); December 2012 (acc. 9127); January 2014 (acc. 9358); January 2015 (acc.9537); January 2016 (acc. 9764); January 2017 (acc. 10034); February 2018 (acc. 10329); January 2019 (acc. 10446); January 2020 (acc. 10656); January 2021 (acc. 10737); December 2021 (acc. 10863) Schedule of accessions Acc. 224: 4/1; 6/1-6; 8/1-5; 11/1-3; 12/1-17; 13/1-7; 14/1-3; 15/1-5; 17; 18/1-12; 19/1-3; 21/1; 22/1; 24/1-8; 25/1-14; 27/1-2; 28/1-8, 10-12 Acc. 274: 5/1 Acc. 275: 28/9 Acc. 356: 1/1-7; 24/13; 25/1; 11/3-19 Acc. 697: 5/2 Acc. 2194: 8/6 Acc. 2205: 1/8-30; 1A/1 Acc. 3471: 1A/2-3 Acc. 3828: 28A/1-5 Acc. 3845: 1B/1-16; 1C/1; 4/2; 5/3-5; 6/7-9; 8/7; 8A/1-6; 25/15; 28/13-15 Acc. 3960: 28A/6 Acc. 4303: 1A/4; 8A/7-8 Acc. 4438: 28A/7-8; 28A/9/1-7 Acc. 4456: 1/31; 1A/5; 1C/2-3; 3/1-3; 6/10-11, 13-15; 8A/9-12; 28/16-20 Acc. 4480: 6/12 Acc. 7565: 28A/23-24 Acc. 7944: 28A/25-26 Acc. 8156: 28A/27 Acc. 8241: 27A&B Acc. 8318: 28A/28 Acc. 8509: 28A/29 Acc. 8875: 28/20 Acc. 8925: 28A/30-31 Acc. 9127: 28A/32 Acc. 9358: 28A/33 Acc. 9537: 28A/34 Acc. 9764: 28A/35 Acc. 10034: 28A/36 Acc. 10239: 28A/37, 43-44 Acc. 10446: 28A/38 Acc. 10656: 28A/39 Acc. 10737 28A/40 Acc. 10863: 28A/41-42
Arrangement	CLASSIFICATION SCHEME [This scheme shows how the collection is arranged. This collection does not include every type of record in the scheme. See the summary for records included in this collection.] INCUMBENT 1 Service of the Church: parish registers 1A Service of the Church: registers of banns 1B Service of the Church: registers of services 1C Service of the Church: miscellaneous 2 Institutions, admissions and licences 3 Property and Income of the benefice CHURCHWARDENS 4 Church rates 5 Churchwardens: accounts 6 Churchwardens: property 7 Churchwardens: miscellaneous VESTRY AND PCC 8 Vestry 8A Parochial Church Council CONSTABLES 9 Constables: accounts 10 Constables: miscellaneous OVERSEERS 11 Poor rates 12 Overseers: accounts 13 Settlement 14 Apprenticeship 15 Bastardy 16 Settlement: miscellaneous 17 Militia 18 Overseers: miscellaneous 19 Overseers: Post-1834 records SURVEYORS 20 Highway rates 21 Surveyors: accounts 22 Surveyors: miscellaneous LIGHTING AND WATCHING 23 Lighting and Watching Inspectors SPECIAL COMMITTEES 24 Special Committees CHARITIES 25 Charities STATUTORY DEPOSITS 26 Enclosure 27 Tithe MISCELLANEOUS 28 Miscellaneous 28A Parish magazines
Related Material	Records in other collections D/EPG/B1/2-5 Solicitor’s bills to the overseers and churchwardens, and the committee for rebuilding the church., 1806-1832 D/ELM/O4 An Act for enlarging the Powers of an Act of His present Majesty's reign for repairing, enlarging and improving the Parish Church of Hungerford ….55 Geo. III, c.20, 1815 D/ELM/O6 Accounts of the treasurer appointed under the terms of 51 Geo. III, c.126 and 55 Geo. III, c.20. 1813-1819. [Printed], 1819 D/ELM/O8 Case for the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr John Grey, with counsel's opinion, 1858 D/ELM/O9 Further copies of D/ELM/O3 and D/ELM/O4 used in connection with D/ELM/O8, 1811-1815 D/ELM/O10 Copy of the first award of pews made by the trustees, 1817, 1858 D/ELM/O11 Copy of the second award of pews made by the trustees, 1825, 1858 D/ELM/O12 Copy survey and valuation of the parish of Hungerford made in 1838, n.d. D/ELM/O13 Draft valuation of the parish for poor rate purposes, 1864 D/ELM/O14 Supplemental valuation to D/ELM/O13, 1865 D/ELM/O15 Notes in explanation of D/ELM/O13 and O14, 1865

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