Barkham Genealogical Records
Barkham Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable transcript of baptism registers. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
An index to births registered in Berkshire. This index lists sub-registration district, which helps to narrow down your search.
Transcriptions of baptisms from 43 Anglican churches in Berkshire.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Barkham Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Details on those who were married at the church between 1542 and 1927. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
An index to bonds that record an intention to marry. Also includes affidavits.
An index to Marriages registered in Berkshire. This index lists sub-registration district, which helps to narrow down your search.
Transcriptions of over 200,000 marriages recorded in 89 parishes in Berkshire.
Barkham Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A searchable transcript of burials recorded by the church. These records essentially record deaths between 1539 and 1962. Details may include the age of the deceased, their residence and name of relations.
An index to deaths registered in Berkshire. This index lists sub-registration district, which helps to narrow down your search.
Transcriptions of over 750,000 burial entries from parish registers held by 175 Berkshire parishes.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Barkham Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1881 census provides details on an individual's age, residence and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows for searches on multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Barkham
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the High Wycombe area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the New Windsor district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Reading area.
A regional newspaper covering the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire Hampshire and Berkshire. It covers local and national news, family announcements, business news, legal proceedings and more.
A conservative newspaper, publishing local news, family notices etc. It has a particular interest in agriculture.
Barkham Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images of 93,245 wills made by residents of Oxfordshire. The record can provide a wide variety of details, most common of which are: family relationships, land owned, possessions and legal agreements. Wills can be located by a name index.
An index to the name, date of probate, residence and occupation of over 39,000 Berkshire inhabitants who left a will or property that was administered by the Archdeaconry Court.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to early wills and administrations granted by the Archdeaconry of Berkshire. Details contained are name of the deceased, their residence, type of grant and year of grant.
Barkham Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Barkham Military Records
Transcriptions of war diaries covering 15 regiments during World War I & II. The records detail war action and record names, generally those of officers.
A narrative of the regiment's movements during World War I. Includes a list of the regiment's personnel and decorations.
A list of memorials recording those who fought and died in the world wars. Includes photographs and lists of names adorning them.
An investigation into the officers of the regiment during WWI. Includes some primary source material.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Berkshire, with some service details.
Barkham Court & Legal Records
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
A list of the county's high sheriffs, some with links to biographies.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Barkham Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Barkham Land & Property Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
Digital images of maps recording the distribution of common land. Maps can be viewed by location and an interactive map. Also includes award documents, which can be searched by name.
Extracts for Berkshire settlements found in the Domesday book. Includes the modern & 11th century place name, land owners and details of later history.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Barkham Directories & Gazetteers
Directory of Reading and 10 miles around.
A directory of the counties detailing its history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory of settlements in Kent detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A directory to the settlements of the counties detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Barkham Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Berkshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Photographs and descriptions of some of Hampshire's most illustrious church monuments. They often feature effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Barkham Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Barkham Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Profiles of over 100 towns and villages in Berkshire, illustrated with photographs.
A number of Berkshire legends and folk tales, including ballads and ghost stories.
Photographs and images of churches in Berkshire.
A history of some of Berkshire's boundaries and its population in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Barkham School & Education Records
A list of boys who attended Eton School, with many short biographical and genealogical details.
A biographical directory of Old Etonians who were living in 1933. Contains details on the individual's parents, spouse, and siblings, personal achievements, career and address.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Barkham Occupation & Business Records
A book primarily detailing the famous and not-so-famous inmates of Berkshire's famous lunatic asylum.
A name index to records that detail appointment to the Berkshire police.
An article outlining the development of horse-racing in Berkshire.
Histories of Berkshire pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Barkham
A number of pedigrees and family histories, including heraldry and extracts from visitations.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Berkshire's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
A manuscript-book detailing notable Berkshire families. Includes biographical details, coats of arms and historical notes.
A genealogical database with pedigrees of Berkshire gentry families.
Barkham Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A number of pedigrees and family histories, including heraldry and extracts from visitations.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Hand-draw genealogical charts covering Berkshire's gentry. Includes descriptions of coats of arms.
Four works rendering 16th and 17th century heraldic visitations in pedigree form. These works may list the lineage, marriage and collateral lines of Berkshire families who had the right to bear a coat of arms.
A manuscript-book detailing notable Berkshire families. Includes biographical details, coats of arms and historical notes.
Barkham Church Records
A book detailing the history of the Baptist church in Berkshire, from origins, to persecution, to consolidation.
A history of Congregationalism in Berkshire, South Oxfordshire and South Buckinghamshire, with profiles of each church.
Histories and photographs of Berkshire churches, shrines, abbeys and priories.
A well illustrated book, outlining the history of Catholics in the Thames Valley, with special notice to conspiracies, executions etc.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Biographical Directories Covering Barkham
A list of boys who attended Eton School, with many short biographical and genealogical details.
Over 300 biographies of Berkshire men and women.
A biographical directory of Old Etonians who were living in 1933. Contains details on the individual's parents, spouse, and siblings, personal achievements, career and address.
Biographies of the earliest Berkshire residents to take to the air.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Barkham Maps
Digital images of maps recording the distribution of common land. Maps can be viewed by location and an interactive map. Also includes award documents, which can be searched by name.
A map naming and delineating parishes in the county of Berkshire. Also outlines poor law unions.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
A map of the country depicting settlements, rail lines, roads, forests etc.
A selection of Berkshire maps, particularly from the early modern period. Includes a map showing royalist and parliamentarian divisions in the county.
Barkham Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
BARKHAM is a parish and village 2 ½ miles south-west from Wokingham and 6 south-east from Reading, in the Eastern division of the county, petty sessional division and union of Wokingham, hundred of Charlton, county court district of Reading, and in the rural deanery of Reading, archdeaconry of Berks and diocese of Oxford. The church of St. James, rebuilt in 1862 on the foundations of the old church, is an edifice of flint with Bath stone dressings, in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave of four bays, transepts and a south-west tower with spire, containing 4 bells: the chancel and transepts were added in 1867 by the late John Walter esq.: there is an interesting monument of the 13th century: the church plate includes a chalice bearing the date 1561; the church was restored in 1887, and the chancel rebuilt, at a cost of £1,800, and has now 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538, and is in a good state of preservation. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £247, with 22 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Arthur Fraser Walter esq, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Peter Hampson Ditchfield M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. Allwright’s charity of £3 yearly is for bread and Glasspool’s charity of £199 10s. is for coals. The poor’s allotments were purchased by the late John Walter esq. for between £400 and £500 and the money invested in the £2 ¾ per Cent. Consols; the interest is expended in coals for the benefit of the poor. The Manor House, a red brick mansion, with pleasant grounds and shrubberies, is the residence of Lieut-General William Rickman J.P. Arthur Fraser Walter esq. of Bear Wood, is lord of the manor and the chief landowner. The soil is gravel and clay; subsoil, London clay. The chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 1,386 acres; rateable value, £1,510; the population in 1891 was 284.
National School (mixed & infants), for the parishes of Arborfield & Barkham, built in 1873, for 150 children; average attendance 93 boys & girls & 36 infants.
Most Common Surnames in Barkham
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Charlton Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hutt | 14 | 1:16 | 10.85% | 325 |
| 2 | Smith | 12 | 1:18 | 0.33% | 1 |
| 3 | Newport | 11 | 1:20 | 9.09% | 355 |
| 4 | Collyer | 9 | 1:24 | 15.25% | 735 |
| 5 | Adams | 8 | 1:28 | 2.05% | 65 |
| 5 | Rickman | 8 | 1:28 | 88.89% | 3,040 |
| 5 | Goswell | 8 | 1:28 | 6.20% | 325 |
| 8 | Watts | 7 | 1:31 | 1.28% | 37 |
| 8 | Pither | 7 | 1:31 | 5.26% | 311 |
| 10 | Andrews | 6 | 1:37 | 1.63% | 76 |
| 10 | Kingsley | 6 | 1:37 | 60.00% | 2,817 |
| 10 | Skittles | 6 | 1:37 | 100.00% | 4,128 |
| 13 | Mitchell | 5 | 1:44 | 1.88% | 124 |
| 13 | Holmes | 5 | 1:44 | 2.11% | 153 |
| 13 | Barnard | 5 | 1:44 | 5.15% | 462 |
| 13 | Goodyer | 5 | 1:44 | 14.29% | 1,117 |
| 13 | Kingsly | 5 | 1:44 | 100.00% | 4,702 |
| 18 | Maynard | 4 | 1:55 | 3.25% | 346 |
| 18 | Broadhurst | 4 | 1:55 | 21.05% | 1,750 |
| 18 | Rhoades | 4 | 1:55 | 50.00% | 3,303 |
| 21 | Taylor | 3 | 1:73 | 0.21% | 3 |
| 21 | White | 3 | 1:73 | 0.23% | 4 |
| 21 | Cook | 3 | 1:73 | 0.44% | 24 |
| 21 | Ashby | 3 | 1:73 | 5.26% | 764 |
| 21 | McKlin | 3 | 1:73 | 12.50% | 1,494 |
| 21 | Lyford | 3 | 1:73 | 2.63% | 379 |
| 21 | Rossell | 3 | 1:73 | 100.00% | 6,133 |
| 21 | Scouse | 3 | 1:73 | 23.08% | 2,338 |
| 21 | Chastell | 3 | 1:73 | 60.00% | 4,702 |
| 30 | Brown | 2 | 1:110 | 0.12% | 2 |
| 30 | Davis | 2 | 1:110 | 0.24% | 15 |
| 30 | Wells | 2 | 1:110 | 0.35% | 36 |
| 30 | Douglas | 2 | 1:110 | 1.64% | 351 |
| 30 | Weston | 2 | 1:110 | 0.65% | 103 |
| 30 | Hewett | 2 | 1:110 | 1.83% | 395 |
| 30 | Nutt | 2 | 1:110 | 6.06% | 1,165 |
| 30 | Brant | 2 | 1:110 | 0.81% | 141 |
| 30 | Pyke | 2 | 1:110 | 3.13% | 682 |
| 30 | Dallimore | 2 | 1:110 | 13.33% | 2,089 |
| 30 | Mitcham | 2 | 1:110 | 13.33% | 2,089 |
| 30 | Nightingal | 2 | 1:110 | 66.67% | 6,133 |
| 30 | Goochild | 2 | 1:110 | 100.00% | 7,103 |
| 43 | Roberts | 1 | 1:220 | 0.27% | 75 |
| 43 | Watson | 1 | 1:220 | 0.71% | 294 |
| 43 | King | 1 | 1:220 | 0.10% | 8 |
| 43 | Parker | 1 | 1:220 | 0.21% | 46 |
| 43 | Matthews | 1 | 1:220 | 0.40% | 140 |
| 43 | Porter | 1 | 1:220 | 0.60% | 241 |
| 43 | Giles | 1 | 1:220 | 0.21% | 44 |
| 43 | Charlton | 1 | 1:220 | 1.18% | 525 |
| 43 | Best | 1 | 1:220 | 1.64% | 711 |
| 43 | Humphrey | 1 | 1:220 | 2.63% | 1,065 |
| 43 | Cannon | 1 | 1:220 | 1.00% | 445 |
| 43 | Lunn | 1 | 1:220 | 1.64% | 711 |
| 43 | Collis | 1 | 1:220 | 1.61% | 698 |
| 43 | Gent | 1 | 1:220 | 20.00% | 4,702 |
| 43 | Bartholomew | 1 | 1:220 | 0.78% | 330 |
| 43 | Grout | 1 | 1:220 | 5.26% | 1,750 |
| 43 | Hannington | 1 | 1:220 | 2.22% | 935 |
| 43 | Arlett | 1 | 1:220 | 5.26% | 1,750 |
| 43 | Woodly | 1 | 1:220 | 14.29% | 3,673 |
| 43 | Durrent | 1 | 1:220 | 100.00% | 8,625 |
| 43 | Pursy | 1 | 1:220 | 100.00% | 8,625 |
| 43 | Seawark | 1 | 1:220 | 50.00% | 7,103 |
| 43 | Broardhurst | 1 | 1:220 | 100.00% | 8,625 |
| 43 | Trickley | 1 | 1:220 | 100.00% | 8,625 |