The People Of Benson

This volume contains a miscellany of records relating to the Oxfordshire parish of Benson, which is situate on the banks of the Thames about two miles north east of the Berkshire town of Wallingford.  Amongst the records included are Settlement Certificates and Examinations, Removal Orders, Bastardy Bonds, Arrest Warrants, an Order for Maintenance, a Justices' Order for Relief, an Apprenticeship Indenture, Poll Book 1754, Licensed Victuallers 1774, 1799 and 1822, Gamekeepers' Enrolments, Horses Charged to Duties 1796, Oxfordshire Yeoman Cavalry Enrolments 1816-1820, Oxfordshire Militia Enrolments 1817-1831, Land Tax Assessment 1832, Trade Directory 1852, Poor Rate 1880, Confirmations 1882, 1897 and 1915, Absent Voters 1918 and a selection of Newspaper Reports of various dates.