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"UFTON, (or Ufton Nervet), a parish in the hundred of Theale, county Berks, 7½ miles S. W. of Reading, its post town. The village is situated on the river Kennet. The parish has included the hamlet of Ufton Greys since 1442, previously a distinct parish. The surface is hilly, and much of the land is in common. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Oxford, value £426, in the patronage of Oriel College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The church of Ufton Greys has long been in ruins. The parochial charities produce about £15 per annum, derived from fuel allotment. There is a partly endowed free school. R. B. de Beavoir, Esq., of Englefield, is lord of the manor.
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003.
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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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))
Ufton Court Catholic chapel, Ufton Nervet, Roman Catholic |
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Catholic Register of Ufton Court, Berkshire, and Woolhampton (1889) by Frederick Arthur Crisp, full text free from Internet Archive
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Ufton to another place.
- Ufton was in the hundred of Theale
- Present Ufton Court
- The History of Ufton Court, of the Parish of Ufton, in the County of Berks., and of the Perkins Family by Mary Sharp, first published in 1892, full text available free from the Open Library.
- See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU625682 (Lat/Lon: 51.409388, -1.102777), Ufton which are provided by:
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- 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.
Ufton was in the Bradfield Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.