Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Bremhill - Brinkworth - Christian Malford - Cliffe Pypard - Dauntsey - Hilmarton - Tockenham
Websites
Duncan and Mandy Ball's - Website for images of St Michael's and All Angels Church
GenUKI - For information relating to Wiltshire and Lyneham
University of Leicester's - Website has historical Wiltshire directories
Lyneham - Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council
RAF Lyneham - Air Force Base Website
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies
Wiltshire Community History - Historical information for parishes within the Wiltshire County jurisdiction.
Register of One-Place Studies - Lyneham Entry
The Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
| Notes from the Parish Registers | Incumbents List 1539-2011 | The Button Memorial 1706-1707 |
| Revd. William Collins Cotton and Church Repairs 1826-1836 | Church History 2011 |
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1653-1957
Marriages 1653-1990
Burials 1653-1921
The Churchyard Yew Tree
When visiting the church you can but notice the Yew Tree situated in the churchyard. The tree perhaps is as old as the original church building. A painting in 1806 shows it as a well established, large tree. Yews are closely connected with churchyards, evergreen indicating eternal life and the death of winter, but are also a custom carried over from pagan holy places, often the same sites now occupied by the Christian Church buildings. The Lyneham Yew is regarded as so important that it has been preserved over the years which has seen it treated, propped and secured.
Parish History
The Parish includes the hamlet of Bradenstoke-cum-Clack which had an Independent Chapel and St. Mary's Church. It also includes Clack and Preston.
Civil Registration
1837 - April 1936 Cricklade Registration District
April 1936 - Present Swindon Registration District
Buildings and Land
Manor Rent Survey 1713 (Includes Preston) Calne, Hilmarton & Lyneham Turnpike Roads 1847
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor's Drawings 1813-1814 Ordnance Surveyor's Drawing North Wilts 1826
Crime and Legal Matters
Proceedings in Chancery Elizabeth I Era (1558-1603)
Directories
Swindon & District 1928 Taylors 1941
Education
Emigration and Migration
Strays Index The Simkins Family 1800-1911 and the Canadian Bible
Employment and Business
An interesting point: Richard Wildey, died 1707, his occupation was "castrator"! After searching the Wiltshire Wills Index in its entirity no other person was listed with that occupation.
Aviator Certificate - Harold Lovelock 1933
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Independent Chapel, Clack (See under Bradenstoke Tab below)
St. Mary's Church, Clack (See under Bradenstoke Tab below)
Moravian Church Members
People and Parish Notables
Elections and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Family Notices
General Items
Secrets of Farming Book Subscribers 1863
Inquest Reports
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts - This item was donated by Ken Tuck and contains entries that may or may not relate to the Tuck family however they have been published as such. Many refer to Quaker burials found across the county
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Public Assistance Administration 1948
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Edmund Longe 1635 Richard Longe 1639
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorial & Military Photo Gallery
| Civil War at Tockenham Court | Chelsea Pensioners 1808-1828 | Soldiers Who Died in WWI Named in Calne & District Casualty Lists |
| Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1918 | WWII Civilian Deaths 1939-1945 | Why the Poppy |
WWI
Casualties
Bradenstoke-Cum-Clack
The Church of St. Mary
The Priory and Church of St. Mary's Incumbents 1866-1926
Parish Registers Held at WSHC
None Recorded (Prior to 1866 see Lyneham)
Buildings and Land
Directories
Emigration and Migration
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871 (Bradenstoke) Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1837 (Clack)
Elections, Polls & Voters Lists
Family Notices
General People Items
Five Monarchs of Wiltshire Widows Lifetimes 1904
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts (Bradenstoke) Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts (Clack) - These items were donated by Ken Tuck and contains entries that may or may not relate to the Tuck family however they have been published as such. Many references to Quaker entries may be found from across the county.
Probate
Inquisitions of Lands Held
War, Conflict and Military Matters
Bradenstoke War Memorial Plaque
