OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Chilton Foliat – Froxfield – Ramsbury
Websites
The Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Hungerford St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence Gallery St. Lawrence Interior Gallery
History of St. Lawrence Vicars 1148-2016
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
1562-1599 1600-1649 1650-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1837
Parish Registers held at Berkshire Record Office
Baptisms 1559-1927
Marriages 1559-1971
Burials 1562-1969
Bishops Transcripts are held at WSHC 1589-1836 (with gaps)
Parish History
The town of Hungerford is 8 miles west of Marlborough in Wiltshire and 26 miles south west of Reading in Berkshire.
Historically, Hungerford was partly in Berkshire and partly in Wiltshire but is now completely within Berkshire. Some records are held in Berkshire Record Office and some at Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre (see parish registers below). The Wiltshire part of Hungerford was transferred to Berkshire jurisdiction on 28th March 1895.
Includes the tything of Charnham-Street
Civil Registration
1837 – 1895 Hungerford (Wiltshire) Registration District
1895 – Present Hungerford (Berkshire) Registration District
Buildings and Land
Indenture of Land Transfer 1701 Sale of Hungerford Brewery & Public Houses 1846 Owners of Land 1873
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1808-1809 Turnpike Road from Marlborough to Hungerford 1816
Property Sales
Estate of Thomas Gill 1778 Property Sale by Auction 1779
Crime and Legal Matters
Animal Related Crime
Sheep Stealing 1765 Strayed or Stolen Geldings 1800
Crime Reports
Murder
Hungerford Massacre Victims 1987
Directories
Education
Schools
Westfield House School
The school was established in 1842. It closed its doors for a short time in 1884 but re-opened in 1889 with Mr. W. R. Taylor as headmaster, with three boarders and eight day boys. Mr Taylor remained until 1893. In May 1893 the Curate of Hungerford, Rev. John Frederick Charles Denning, MA, became headmaster. Rev. Denning remained in his post until the school closed in 1906
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture & Land
Apprentices
William Coxhead 1805 Thomas Mabberly 1763
Medicine
General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Newspaper Advertisements
James & Co. (Hungerford Ltd) 1956
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Congregational Chapel
Methodists
Primitive Methodist Chapel
Life and Ministry of Charles Portnell 1839-1904
Wesleyan Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Hungerford Farmers Club Meeting 1867
Family Notices
Family Pedigrees
Descendants of Thomas Strange c1730
Inquest Reports
Subscribers Lists
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Parish Notables
Johnny Morris – TV Presenter
Sport
Subscriptions
Fifth Annual Report for Negro Emancipation 1830
Wedding Reports
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Parishioners Wills
Mary Pettit proved 1817 Edward Dismore, Snr, proved 1831 Benjamin Knackstone Proved 1848
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorial & Military Gallery
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911 Roll of Honour Triptych Hungerford War Memorial
WWII
War Commentary – The Russian Situation 1941
Charnham Street
People and Parish Notables
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1865 Poll Book 1818
Eddington
Parish Church of St. Saviour’s
Newtown
St. Mary’s School Church
St. Marys Chapel
This is now a private residence.
Buildings and Land
Public Houses
The Tally Ho
