Seacourt, Berkshire

Historical Description

Seacourt, formerly an extra-parochial tract, now a parish, in Abingdon union, Berks, 1½ mile NW from Oxford. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Oxford. Acreage, 814; population, 23. The manor and most of the land belong to the Earl of Abingdon. There is no church, and the parish is united with Cumnor for ecclesiastical purposes.

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

Seacourt was in Abingdon Registration District from 1837 to 1900

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Seacourt from the following:

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

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.