Sunningdale, Berkshire
Historical Description
Sunningdale, an ecclesiastical parish, partly in Sunninghill parish, Berks, and partly in Egham, Chobham, and Windlesham parishes, Surrey, on the Staines and Reading branch of the L. & S.W.R., 8 miles SW by W of Staines. It was constituted in 1841, and has a station on the railway, and post, money order, and telegraph offices under Ascot. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The Sunningdale portion of Old Windsor was constituted a separate civil parish in 1894. There are many good country mansions in this district, among which are Broomfield Hall, Coworth Park, Lynwood, St Bruno, Shrubbs Hill, Sunningdale Park, and Broadlands. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £123. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The church, rebuilt in 1888 at a cost of about £7000, is a building of brick and stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, N porch, and a central tower. There are Baptist, Congregational, and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1841.
Churches
Church of England
The Holy Trinity (parish church)
The church of the Holy Trinity, partially rebuilt in 1887-8, at a cost of about £7,347, is an edifice of brick and Bath stone in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, transepts, north porch and central tower containing a clock and one bell: it affords 600 sittings.
Baptist
Baptist Chapel
There is a Baptist chapel, built in 1828, seating 130 persons.
Congregational
Congregational Chapel
There is a Congregational chapel, erected in 1875, with 280 sittings.
Methodist
Primitive Methodist Chapel
There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Civil Registration
Sunningdale was in Windsor Registration District from 1894 to 1967
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Sunningdale from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Berkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Sunningdale 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)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Berkshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Berkshire 1532, 1566, and 1665-6 is available online.