Garsdon photo gallery

Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)

Brinkworth - Charlton - Lea & Cleverton - Malmesbury

Websites

GenUKI - For information on Wiltshire and Garsdon
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies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 - Garsdon Entry

The Parish Church of All Saints

Parish Registers held at WSHC

Baptisms 1682-1989
Marriages 1682-1986
Burials 1682-1991
BTs 1839-1865 are held at the Bristol Record Office

Parish History

Civil Registration

1837- April 1936 Malmesbury Registration District
April 1936 - Present Chippenham Registration District

Buildings and Land

Owners of Land 1873

Maps

Ordnance Surveyor's Drawings 1813-1814              Ordnance Survey Map 1816

Crime and Legal Matters

Crime Reports 1800-1849          Inmates of Gloucester Gaol 1815-1879          Labourer Sets Wire for Hare 1843

Directories

Post Office 1875          Kellys 1915          Swindon & District 1928

Education

Emigration and Migration

Strays Index

Employment and Business

Miscellaneous Documents

Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship

People and Parish Notables

Census Returns Transcripts

1841     1851     1861     1871

Elections and Polls

Poll of Freeholders 1772          Poll Book 1818          Voters Lists Revisions 1843         

Family Notices

1800-1849

Personal Research Items

Hatton, Lewis, Stump and Tilling Research

Gordon Lewis author of Limb and Blood - The Story of a Wiltshire Family,  has a request for assistance in identifying people in a photograph of a coronation celebration believed to be that of George V in 1911.   Coronation Photograph 1911

Tuck Research

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

Tenders for Medical Service 1837          Election of Guardians 1837           Election of Guardians 1839          Election of Guardians 1844          Nomination of Guardians 1886

Probate

War, Conflict and Military Matters

Why the Poppy