St. Thomas Parish Registers Watchfield
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ST. THOMAS PARISH REGISTERS WATCHFIELD Baptisms 1858-1946; Marriages 1858-1958; Burials 1861-1982 FOR PREVIOUS WATCHFIELD ENTRIES CONSULT SHRIVENHAM REGISTERS CONTENTS Origins of the Church Page 1 Abbreviations Page 2 Baptisms 1858 - 1946 Pages 3 - 17 Marriages 1858 - 1958 Pages 18 - 32 Burials 1861 - 1982 Pages 33 - 40 Index Pages 41 - 46 Shrivenham Parish, in the County of Berkshire until 1974 and thereafter in Oxfordshire, consisted of the adjacent villages of Watchfield, with the Tythings of Becket and Stainswick, and Bourton. Watchfield has been a settlement since very early times, as evidenced by the discovery of a Saxon cemetery in 1985. It became well known in the 2nd World War for its training airfield, now back in agricultural use, and since then for the proximity of the Royal Military College of Science built in the extensive grounds of Becket House. Services are held at 6.30 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, and Holy Communion at 9 a.m. every Sunday. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks go to the PCC of Shrivenham and Watchfield and Canon J. M. Wade for giving permission for the Registers to be copied; to Berkshire Record Office for their co-operation in allowing the Registers to be removed from their care while being transcribed; to Mr Curtis, churchwarden, for making it a pleasant and interesting experience visiting the church and borrowing the Burial Register; to Rosemary Church for the transcription, indexing and typing of the Registers. COPIES deposited at Berkshire Record Office; Oxford Record Office; Wiltshire Record Office; Society of Genealogists; St Thomas Church, Watchfield. Transcribed, indexed and typed by Rosemary Church, Faringdon and District Archaeological and Historical Society © Rosemary Church 1983 1 Found in the front of the Baptismal Register 1858-1946 Watchfield Chapel having been examined and found in bad repair was taken down in 1788 the materials sold and the money arising from the sale of the materials was vested in the purchase of £260 4s 1d three per cent consols & the interest was appropriated to pay a schoolmistress to instruct a certain number of the poor children of Watchfield. In consequence of the pulling down of the Chapel the inhabitants of Watchfield were obliged to go to the Parish Church of Shrivenham, this being found inconvenient & the cause of many never coming to Church at all, it was determined at a meeting held at Mr Bowles at Watchfield in February 1857, that the Chapel should be rebuilt on a piece of ground called Chapel Ham & that subscriptions should be commenced forthwith; and the following persons & societies kindly gave their assistance. Name £ s d The Venerable Archdeacon Berens Vicar 300 - - Viscount Barrington 110 - - The Earl of Radnor 100 - - The Diocesan Church Building Society 100 - - The Incorporated Society 90 - - The Bishop of Oxford 10 - - The Miss Cleavers 30 - - The Rev. E. Bouverie 10 - - Alfred Sartoris Esq. 20 - - The Rev. J. F. Cleaver 10 - - Mr E. Fairthorne 10 - - General Fox 5 5 - The Rev. C. B. Calley 5 - - Mr Bowles } These four, 5 - - Mr Ferriman } with Mr Hickman, 5 - - Mr Giles } gave their teams 5 - - Mr Carter } to draw the materials 2 10 - Mr Atkins Esq. 5 - - T. Belcher 5 - - Mr Rickards 5 - - Mr A. W. Fairthorne 5 - - Mr Willis 5 - - The Queen’s Advocate 5 - - The Rev. W. Chambers 5 - - Henry Calley Esq. 5 - - Rev. W. Bourne 1 - - Mrs W. Bourne 1 - - Sale of old materials 240 7 3 Collection on the day of Consecration 22 - - The New Chapel was designed by Mr Street, Diocesan Architect & was Built by Mr Birchall of Shrivenham. The foundation stone was laid by Lady C. Berens, wife of Archdeacon Berens, Vicar, on Monday May 18th 1857 and the Chapel was consecrated by Samuel Wilberforce Bishop of Oxford March 4th 1858. The Prayers were said by Rev. C. B. Calley, Curate. Mrs Calley played the harmonium; Viscountess Barrington & the Honble Misses Barrington led the singing. The Chapel was dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle, which was the same Saint the former one had been dedicated to; the Chapel yard was consecrated at the same time. 2 ABBREVIATIONS A. B. = Able Seaman R.A. = Royal Artillery A.C.1 = Aircraftman 1st Class R.A.F. = Royal Air Force A.M.P.C. = Army Military Police Corps R.A.M.C. = Royal Army Medical Corps A.T.S. = Auxiliary Territorial Service R.A.O.C. = Royal Army Ordnance Corps B.E.F. = British Expeditionary Force R.A.S.C. = Royal Army Signal Corps B.Q.M.S. = Battalion Quartermaster R.E.M.E. = Royal Electrical & Sergeant mechanical Engineers B.S.M. = Battery or Battalion R.F.A (1st = Royal Fleet Auxiliary Sergeant Major World War) C.Q.M.S. = Company Quartermaster R.M.C.S. = Royal Military College Sergeant of Science G.W.R. = Great Western Railway R.T.R. = Royal Tank Regiment I.O.W. = Isle of Wight U.S. = United States L.A.C. = Leading Aircraftman W.O. = Warrant Officer Lt = Lieutenant W.O.2 = Warrant Officer 2nd Class 1 Back St, Faringdon = Faringdon Workhouse or x = Unable to sign Union s = son d = Daughter BAPTISMS 3 1858 Apr 4 KNAPP William Thomas s Thomas & Anne, mason May 10 READ Charles Thomas s Thomas & Elizabeth, labourer Aug 8 STEVENS Alfred James s James & Eliza, labourer Sep 25 BEECHEY Anne d Joseph & Caroline, labourer (privately) Oct 10 WYATT Charles Thomas s William & Sarah, labourer 1859 Jan 2 BAXTER Thomas s Thomas & Anne, labourer 13 HICKMAN John, s William & Miriam, yeoman, Bourton 16 BAXTER Charles s James & Marianne, labourer 23 ANGER William Thomas s Thomas & Jane, labourer Apr 28 SMITH John s William & Matilda, labourer May 15 TITCOMB Elizabeth Anne d John & Hannah, labourer 22 HILL William s William & Martha, labourer Jun 26 GERRING Thomas William s Benjamin & Elizabeth, labourer Jul 17 POCOCK John s John & Elizabeth, labourer 31 BAXTER Adelaide Jane d Robert & Isabella, labourer Aug 14 CARTER William s William & Elizabeth, labourer Oct 2 BAXTER Jane d John & Lucy, labourer Dec 25 BUTLER Mary Jane d Edward & Ann, labourer 25 FOWLER Adelaide d John & Charlotte, labourer 1860 Jan 1 STEVENS Elizabeth d James & Elizabeth, labourer 22 CARTER William s Thomas & Mary, labourer Mar 25 COX William Henry s Henry & Mary, labourer Apr 22 PLUMMER Harry Arthur s Edwin & Maria, farmer, Shrivenham, born Mar 9th May 20 HEWER Mary Ann d Sarah, Shrivenham Jun 11 CARTER Thomas s John & Louisa, labourer 17 FEREMAN Cecil Butler s James & Agnes, farmer Jul 15 SMITH Caroline d William & Matilda, labourer Jun 24 ANGER Ann d Thomas & Jane, labourer Sep 27 MOSS George s Thomas & Elizabeth, labourer Dec 13 ANGER Mary Anne d Arthur & Mary, labourer 25 ROGERS Mary Anne d Joseph & Elizabeth, labourer 1861 Jan 20 BEECHY Jane d Joseph & Caroline, labourer Feb 10 BUTLER Alfred William s John & Charlotte, groom 10 SIMMONDS Thomas William s William & Sarah, labourer 23 TITCOMBE John s John & Hannah, labourer Mar 3 SIMMONDS William s John & Willmott, labourer 24 BAXTER Ellen d Robert & Isabella, labourer Apr 28 WYATT Elizabeth Ann d William & Sarah, labourer May 25 HILL Mary Anne d William & Martha, labourer Jun 2 RYDER William s Henry & Jane, labourer, Shrivenham 2 WEBB Henry Esther s Martha, Shrivenham Jul 7 DAY George William s John & Sarah, labourer Aug 11 PAGE Mary Anne d Henry & Elizabeth, labourer Sep 15 LOCKEY Ellen d Leah 15 FOWLER George s William & Maria, labourer 22 COX Jane d Henry & Mary, labourer Oct 13 YOUNG William s George William & Elizabeth, gardener, Shrivenham Nov 17 THEOBALDS William Henry s William & Emma, labourer Dec 25 ANGER Mary Ann d Arthur & Mary, labourer 29 ANGER Thomas s Thomas & Jane, labourer 1862 Jan 12 BUTLER Rosanna d Edward & Ann, labourer Mar 28 HICKMAN Walter William s William & Miriam, farmer Apr 6 GERRING Charles s Benjamin & Elizabeth, labourer 13 TITCOMBE Joseph Frederick s John & Hannah, labourer 20 REED Esther d Thomas & Esther, labourer May 11 KNAPP Isabella d Thomas & Ann, bricklayer Jun 8 BAXTER Henry Thomas s James & Mary Ann, labourer 20 REED John James s Thomas & Elizabeth, labourer 20 SMITH Jane d William & Matilda, shepherd Aug 31 STEVENS George s James & Elizabeth, labourer Oct 12 CARTER George William s John & Louisa, labourer Nov 2 FOWLER Maria d John & Charlotte, labourer BAPTISMS 4 1862 cont’d Nov 30 HUMPHREYS Mary Louisa d William & Louisa, plumber & glazier, Shrivenham Dec 26 GODWIN Harriett Elizabeth d William & Sophia, hawker 1863 Jan 23 COX Thomas s Henry & Mary, labourer Feb 6 CARTER Thomas s Richard & Anna, labourer 13 BUTLER Henry Thomas s John & Charlotte, under coachman Mar 20 ROGERS Joseph Francis s Joseph & Elizabeth, labourer 20 BAXTER Sarah Jane d Henry & Mary, labourer 25 BEECHEY Thomas s Joseph & Caroline, labourer Apr 17 BAXTER Albert s Robert & Isabella, labourer 20 TIBBLES Elizabeth Ann d William & Emma Sarah, labourer (privately; received into church Jun 5th) Jan 5 WEBB Sarah Ann d Frederick & Eliza, blacksmith (privately) May 17 SLY Frank s William & Jane, labourer, Shrivenham Jun 7 MORSE George s Thomas & Elizabeth, labourer 20 WILLIAMS Jeanetta d Caroline (privately; received into church Sep 22nd 1868) Oct 16 TITCOMBE James s John & Anna, shepherd 22 STEPHENS Jane d Thomas & Maria, labourer 25 ANGER Richard s Thomas & Jane, labourer Nov 1 MABERLY Adelaide Augusta d George Frederick & Mary Ann, coachbuilder, Shrivenham 13 CARTER James s William & Elizabeth, labourer 29 ANGER Charles s Arthur & Mary, labourer Dec 25 BUTLER Edmund s Edmund & Ann, labourer 1864 Jan 17 CARTER John s John & Louisa, labourer 24 FOWLER Emily Maria d William & Maria, labourer Feb 7 MESSENGER William Charles s William & Ellen, dealer 21 SMITH Rosanna d William & Matilda, shepherd 26 GEARING