Upper Chute Gallery Lower Chute Gallery Chute Standen Gallery
Contiguous Parishes
Collingbourne Kingston - Great Bedwyn - Hurstbourne Tarrant (HAM) - Ludgershall - Tangley (HAM) - Tidcombe with Hippenscombe
Web Sites
Register of One-Place Studies - Chute Entry
The Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Rebuilt between 1869 and 1872, the church is of red brick with stone facings; inside is a chancel, nave, small south transept, a wagon roof and a south western tower with a spire. The Norman font from a previous church on the same site is still in use. Just inside the churchyard gate is a hand pump and stone bowl installed in the Victorian era for the use of poor parishioners. The main benefactor of St. Nicholas was Thomas Fowle who also financed the building of St. Mary's in neighbouring Chute Forest. The eminent Victorian architect John Loughborough Pearson was employed on both churches so it is no surprise that they are of similar design. Chute with Chute Forest are in the Savernake Team Ministry together with ten other parishes in north east Wiltshire - Burbage, Collingbourne Ducis & Everleigh, Collingbourne Kingston, East Grafton, Great Bedwyn, Little Bedwyn, Ham & Buttermere, Savernake Forest, Shalbourne and Tidcombe & Fosbury. The church is normally open to visitors during daylight hours. St. Nicholas Church Gallery
Incumbents List Chancel Rebuilt 1869 Grant for Sittings Approved 1869 Church Re-Opening 1872 Church Restoration 1872
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
1582-1599 1600-1699 1700-1799 1800-1837
Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1871-1950
Marriages 1877-1947
Burials 1875-1971
Parish History
Chute and Chute Forest are two separate neighbouring parishes on the eastern border of the county where Wiltshire meets Hampshire. They have been joined ecclesiastically since 1954.
The parish of Chute is made up of the hamlets of Upper Chute, Lower Chute, Chute Cadley and Chute Standen; the latter two are isolated and have no more than about a dozen dwellings between them. Upper Chute is the largest of the hamlets and offers spectacular views across the Wiltshire countryside.
Civil Registration
July 1837 - 31st March 1880 - Andover Registration District
1st April 1880 - 31st April 1936 - Pewsey Registration District
1st May 1936 - Present - Devizes Registration District
Newspaper Articles
Newspapers are a treasure trove of information for family history researchers and social historians. You may find your ancestors mentioned in the court columns either as the perpetrator or victim of crime - alcohol related offences, poaching and theft were the most common misdemeanours in the courts in the 19th century.
Primarily, the articles shown below are those that contain names of parishioners to assist family history researchers however, these articles should not be presumed to be all that appear in the given years, or that there are no articles in the years omitted. Articles relating to the parishes of Chute and Chute Forest have been placed here together.
1700-1799 1800-1849 1850-1869 1870-1899
Parish Location
Hurstbourne Tarrant, Upton, Clanville, Tangley, Vernham Dean (Hampshire) and Ludgershall (Wiltshire) are all within 3 miles of Chute and Chute Forest. The nearest towns are Andover (Hampshire) 7 miles and Marlborough (Wiltshire) 17 miles
Buildings and Land
Archaeology
Fires
Fires in the Parish 1800-1899 Disastrous Fires at Chute 1868
Landowners
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor's Drawings 1808 Ordnance Surveyor's Drawings 1808-1809 Map of Chute 1841
Public Houses
Cross Keys, Upper Chute
Cross Keys Gallery Cross Keys 1870
Hatchet Inn, Lower Chute
Crime and Legal Matters
Animal Crime
Boy Accused of Killing a Horse 1860
Arson
Arson at Ludgershall 1830-1831 Executed for Arson 1835 Transported for Arson 1838
Assault
Alleged Assault on a Farmer 1883
Business Crime
Bakers Charged with Selling Underweight Bread 1869
General Crime
Crime Reports 1800-1849 Crime Reports 1850-1899
Swing Riots
Trial of the North Brothers 1831
Theft
Vicar's Servant in Court 1847 Stealing Oats 1864
Directories
Kellys 1867 Kellys 1875 Kellys 1889 Kellys 1898 Kellys 1907 Kellys 1923
Education
There were two schools in Chute in 1818. From 1841 a room at Chute Standen was used partly for a school affiliated to the National Society. A new school, built between Chute and Chute Standen in 1858, was attended by pupils from Chute, its hamlets, and Chute Forest. The school closed in 1978.
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834
Apprentices
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Frederick William Cook 1874 Elizabeth Catherine Mott 1875
Postal Services
British Postal Services Appointments 1737-1969
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Accidents
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Coroner Bills
County coroners were introduced in England in around 1194 once established other boroughs and liberties sought the right to have their own coroner. Often in Medieval times the coroner also assumed the role of the sheriff and his duties weren't limited to holding inquests on dead bodies although almost a full time post they were unpaid for the duties apart from those that were deemed murder or manslaughter when they would receive 13s. 4d. From the 24th June 1752 a law was passed allowing the coroner to claim £1 for every inquest they attended not held in a gaol and also to claim 9d per mile travel allowance from the place of residence. Inquests held in any gaol were performed at a rate totalling no more than £1. These costs were to be paid from the county rates. In cases of homicide the coroner also received the former fee of 13s. 4d. The coroners submitted their bills at the quarter session sittings for approval. Coroners Bills 1752-1796
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865 Electoral Register 1939
MP Nominations
Family Notices
Inquest Reports
Thomas Hendy 1838 William Webb 1894 Inquest Reports 1850-1899 Unknown Man 1850
Parish Notables
Anthony Andrews - Actor, best known for his role in TV's Brideshead Revisited, lives at Chute Standen
Viscount David Eccles - Education Minister in three Conservative governments, lived at Dean Farm Upper Chute
Lord Ernest Rutherford - Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry in 1908, lived in Upper Chute between the wars
Lord Charles Wellesley - The youngest son of the (Iron) Duke of Wellington, lived at Conholt Park, a large estate in Chute
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Probate
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Parishioners Wills
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Situated in Upper Chute, the war memorial commemorates casualties from WWI and WWII from both parishes.
| Why the Poppy | Attestations - (with Chute Forest) | Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918 |
| WWI Casualties - (with Chute Forest) | WWII Casualties - (with Chute Forest) |