GENUKI: Fyfield, Berkshire

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"FYFIELD, a parish in the hundred of Ock, county Berks, 5 miles N.W. of Abingdon, its post town, and 10 N.E. of Faringdon. It is situated S. of the river Isis, or Thames, and includes the hamlets of Netherton and Wick. A hospital was founded here about the early part of the 15th century. Limestone is quarried for burning into lime. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Oxford, value £125, in the patronage of St. John's College, Oxford. The church is a small edifice dedicated to St. Nicholas. There are several tombs and monuments of the Golafre and other families. The endowments of the parish produce about £30 per annum."

"NETHERTON, a hamlet in the parish of Fyfield, county Berks, 5 miles N.W. of Abingdon."

"WICK, a hamlet in the parish of Fyfield, county Berks, 5 miles W. of Abingdon."

Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards from Berkshire FHS (members only) and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.

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Archives & Libraries

In addition to those listed on the Berkshire home page, see the Research Wiki from Family Search (the Church of Latter-day Saints (Genealogical Society of Utah))

Cemeteries

**Anglican**
St Nicholas, Fyfield, Church of England

Churches

**Anglican**
St Nicholas, Fyfield, Church of England

**Baptist**
Fyfield Baptist Chapel, Fyfield, Baptist

Church History

Further information about some of the churches can be found below:

Historic Churches of Berkshire

British Listed Buildings Online

Images of England

Victoria County History of Berkshire

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland

Church Records

Parochial and non-parochial church registers

Church of England church records

Fyfield Mission church records are available from the BRO

Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Fyfield which are provided by:

Gazetteers

Ask for a calculation of the distance from Fyfield to another place.

Historical Geography

Fyfield was in the hundred of Ock

History

See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings

Royal Berkshire History

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU415985 (Lat/Lon: 51.683734, -1.401124), Fyfield which are provided by:

OpenStreetMap
Google Maps
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
Bing (was Multimap)
Old Maps Online
National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

Poor Houses, Poor Law

Fyfield was in the Abingdon Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.