Garford, Berkshire
Historical Description
Garford, a chapelry in Marcham parish, Berks, on the river Ock, 3 miles NNE of Wantage Road station on the G.W.R., and 4½ WSW of Abingdon. Post town, Marcham under Abingdon. The living is a perpetua! curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Marcham, in the diocese of Oxford.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Berkshire | |
| Civil parish | Marcham | |
| Hundred | Ock | |
| Poor Law union | Abingdon |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Garford is included in the register of Marcham, which dates from the year 1658
Churches
Church of England
Chapel of St. Luke
The ancient chapel of St. Luke, entirely rebuilt in 1880, with the addition of a north aisle, at a cost of £1,295, is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, from designs by the late Mr. Edwin Dolby, architect, of Abingdon, and consists of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle and south porch: the interesting old oak screen has been restored: Miss E. H. Aldworth, of Frilford, worked and presented a beautiful frontal for the communion table: many of the windows are memorials.
Methodist
Wesleyan Chapel
There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Civil Registration
Garford was in Abingdon Registration District from 1837 to 1974
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Garford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Garford)
- Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1915
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Berkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Garford are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)