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"KNIGHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Compton Beauchamp, county Berks, 7 miles W. of Wantage, and 5 S. of Faringdon. It is situated on the Wilts canal, and on the line of the ancient Port Way."
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))
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Compton Beauchamp to another place.
- Compton Beauchamp was in the hundred of Shrivenham
- See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU284857 (Lat/Lon: 51.569461, -1.591636), Compton Beauchamp which are provided by:
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- 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.
Compton Beauchamp was in the Faringdon Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.