Cherhill Village Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Avebury - Bishops Cannings - Blackland - Calne - Calstone Wellington - Compton Bassett - Highway - Yatesbury
Websites
GenUKI - For information on Cherhill
University of Leicester's website for historical Wiltshire directories
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre - The Wiltshire County Archives for all historical documents and the place to obtain original copies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.
Sun Up, Sun Down - A Short Timelapse Video of the Summer Solstace 2014 filmed at Cherhill
The Parish Church of St. James
St. James The Great Church Gallery
Parish Register Transcripts
Marriages
Please note that the marriages 1709-1930 are extracts only and are not a full transcription of the records
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1690-1983
Marriages 1709-1998
Burials 1708-1933
Parish History
Population Figures
In 1893 there were 404 residents by 1951 this had risen to 6359
Civil Registration
1837 - April 1936 Calne Registration District
April 1836 - Present Chippenham Registration District
Buildings and Land
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor's Drawings 1808-1811 Ordnance Surveyor's Drawings 1813-1814 Ordnance Surveyor's Drawing North Wilts 1826
Cherhill White Horse
The White Horse at Cherhill is 129 feet long and is in perfect proportion. It was constructed by Dr. Allsop who shouted instructions from a vantage point half a mile away. The date was late 1700's. Cherhill Monument was built is 1845 by Lord Landsdowne in memory of an ancestor although some reports say it was built to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Wales. It cost £1359 and has been tidied up recently by public donation. Images of the White Horse can be found in the Cherhill Whitehorse Gallery.
Crime and Legal Matters
Assault
Attack on George Brown 1850-1851
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations Bastardy Examination Flower v Hazell 1857
Directories
Post Office 1875 Swindon & District 1928 Kellys 1931
Education
There was a National School here
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Wiltshire Society Apprentice - Naish Richmond Rogers 1851
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Primitive Methodist Chapel
Roman Catholic Chapel
People and Parish Notables
William Bane, Debtor 1818 Family Notices 1850-1899
Census Returns Transcripts
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 and Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Voters List 1832 Voters Lists Revisions 1843 MP Nominations 2015 MP Nomonations 2017
Personal Research Items
Flower Surname - Baptism Extracts
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
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials and Military Gallery Why the Poppy
Service Men and Women
Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
British Red Cross/V. A. D. Volunteers
