Chandlings, Berkshire

Historical Description

Chandlings, formerly an extra-parochial tract, now a parish, in Berks, near Abingdon. It consists of a single farm, which belongs to St John's College, Oxford.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Chandlings Farm was in Abingdon Registration District from 1837 to 1900

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Chandlings from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Chandlings)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Berkshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Berkshire papers online:

• Reading Mercury
• Windsor and Eton Express
• Berkshire Chronicle

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Berkshire 1532, 1566, and 1665-6 is available online.