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"NEWBURY, a parish, market town, and municipal borough, in the hundred of Faircross, county Berks, 56 miles from London by road, or 53 by the Great Western railway, and 16 from Reading. It is situated on the river Kennet, and the Kennet and Avon canal runs through the town. Newbury was founded on the ruins of the Roman city of Spinae, and was afterwards called Newbyrig, or Newtown, and, according to Camden, "Newburn must acknowledge Speen as its mother." The name of Speen is still preserved in the parish next to Newbury. William the Conqueror gave the town to Ernulph de Hesdin, from whom it descended to the Marshalls of Hampstead Marshall, the Bigods, &c., and so to the Craven family, who are still the owners. It returned members to the parliament of 30 Edward I., and sent three deputies to Edward III.'s councils of state." ( more...).
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, 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))
| URC (was Congregational), Lower Meeting House, Newbury, United Reform Church |
| Newtown Road Cemetery , Newbury, Cemetery |
| Upper Meeting House, Newbury, Presbyterian |
| Friends Meeting House, Newbury, Society of Friends |
| URC (was Congregational), Lower Meeting House, Newbury, United Reform Church |
| Newtown Road Cemetery , Newbury, Cemetery |
| Bartholomew Street Methodist Church, Newbury, Primitive Methodist |
| City Mission Methodist Church, Newbury, Methodist |
| Methodist Chapel, Newbury, Wesleyan Methodist |
| Upper Meeting House, Newbury, Presbyterian |
| St Joseph, Newbury, Roman Catholic |
| Friends Meeting House, Newbury, Society of Friends |
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Congregational Chapel: URC church (Congregational until 1972) from Berkshire FHS. The Independent Chapel (Lower Meeting House) was erected c1686 (later moved to Cromwell Place?) and two congregations (Independents and Congregationalists) held separate services in the same building. In 1697, they separated and the Presbyterians erected their own chapel (Upper Meeting House, aka Waterside Chapel (located SU4722767215?) and changed to Unitarian c1820, ceased to be used in 1940, demolished in1960s . For early history, see also The History of the Congregational Churches in the Berks, etc
- Society of Friends: The original meeting house stood in Bartholomew St, but is now in Highfield Avenue, behind today's bus station. The burial ground is nearby.
- Baptists: Newbury Baptist Church includes booklet Notes on Newbury Baptists 1640 – 1940. See description from Berkshire FHS.
- A Church Near You provides information about the present Church of England churches
- Newbury St Nicolas parish records at the BRO
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Newbury to another place.
- Newbury was in the hundred of Faircross
- See the Bibliography and search the BRO's holdings
- History of Newbury from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
- The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Newbury in the County of Berks, 1887, Walter Money, free downloadable pdf.
- The History and Antiquities of Newbury and Its Environs, 1839, E W Gray, free downloadable pdf .
- Rate books and valuation lists for Newbury Borough, 1907-1962 (ref. N/FR) are held by the BRO
- Almshouses in Newbury two-part article in Berkshire Family Historian, Sep 2011, Vol 35, page 23 and Dec 2011, Vol 35, page 21.
- A census of Newbury taken on the eve of Waterloo in 1815 by Joseph Toomer, mayor of Newbury, is held by the BRO (D/EX 1718/7/3) (see Vol 24, 2003 page 2 of the Berkshire Echo), and is available on CD from Berkshire FHS.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU465660 (Lat/Lon: 51.391142, -1.333089), Newbury 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.
- Newbury was in the Newbury Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.
- Newbury Kendrick Workhouse Records, 1627-1641 by the Berkshire Record Society
- The Newbury Society
- Newbury District Field Club ("Since the foundation of the Field Club in 1870, its journal, The Transactions of the Newbury District Field Club, has been a publication of record for research in the Newbury area.")
- Friends of Newtown Road Cemetery