GENUKI: Catmore, Berkshire

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"CATMORE, a parish in the hundred of Compton, in the county of Berks, 3 miles to the W. of East Ilsley. Wantage is its post town. It is situated in a pleasant country, and includes the tything of Lilley. Catmore was anciently a market town under a grant by Edward I. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford, value £200, in the patronage of C. Eyre, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret."

"LILLEY, a tything in the parish of Catmore, county Berks, 4 miles S.W. of East Ilsley."

"LILLY, a hamlet in the parish of Catmore, hundred of Compton, county Berks, 5 miles S.W. of East Ilsley."

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 Margaret, Catmore, Church of England

Churches

**Anglican**
St Margaret's Chapel, Lilley, Church of England
St Margaret, Catmore, Church of England

Church History

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

St Margaret's Church, now closed (not to be confused with St Margaret's Chapel in nearby Lilley)

Historic Churches of Berkshire

British Listed Buildings Online

Images of England

Victoria County History of Berkshire

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland

A Church Near You provides information about the present Church of England churches

Church Records

Parochial and non-parochial church registers

Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Catmore which are provided by:

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

Catmore was in the hundred of Compton

History

Search the Berkshire FHS library and shop and the BRO for their holdings

Royal Berkshire History

Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU450804 (Lat/Lon: 51.520733, -1.352818), Catmore 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

Catmore was in the Wantage Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.