The OPC is Val Everson
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Britford with East Harnham – Downton with Standlynch – Laverstock & Ford – Nunton & Bodenham – Pitton & Farley – West Grimstead – Whiteparish – Winterbourne Earls
Websites of Interest
The Homestead – For parish records
The Parish Church of St. Mary
Alderbury St. Mary
Ivychurch Priory was established in the mid 1100s near the present Green Dragon Inn and was used by the local population as well as royal visitors to nearby Clarendon Manor until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. There was a medieval church on the site of the present St Mary’s church. The Doomsday Book of 1086 makes mention of it and the Yew tree, which stands at the door of the present church, is thought to have been there at that time.
The present church was built in 1858 incorporating the foundations of the old church designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon. It is grade II listed. Within the church are examples of stained glass by Henry Holiday, Clayon & Bell, Heaton, Butler and Bayne and William Morris. The church is surrounded by about an acre of graveyard, all tombstones except one date from the 18th century onwards.
St. Mary Gallery St. Mary Interior Gallery St. Mary Churchyard Gallery St. Mary’s Rectors & Vicars Gallery
Churchyard Memorial Survey Incomplete and does not include the churchyard extension
Church Building
Consecration of New Church 1858
Church Miscellaneous Items
Church News
Church Personnel
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1606-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1850-1899 1850-1899 1900-1949
Marriages
Burials
Please note that transcripts of the above vital records may contain large gaps of missing data since they have not been transcribed from the original parish registers.
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1606-1649
Marriages 1606-1988
Burials 1606-1978
Records available from other sources
Parish History
The parish includes the village of Whaddon and the hamlet of Shute End it also includes the extra parochial location of Clarendon Park and the area known as Ivychurch. Alderbury village is situated about three miles south east of Salisbury in southern Wiltshire. It stands to the east of the River Avon bordered on the west by Longford Estate and on the east by Clarendon Estate. It is a very pretty small village with many thatched cottages and surrounded by well kept farmland. Although close to the city of Salisbury it is peaceful and quiet. The motorway from Salisbury to Southampton bypasses the village. In the early 1300’s the village may be referred to as Alwardbury. Alward being the priest in charge and Lord of the Manor. In 1801 the population of the village was 430. By 1851 it had risen to 742 but then dropped slightly and remained the same until about 1930. Mass immigration took place in the second half of the 19th century, caused by great poverty in the mid 1800s when mechanisation took away the jobs of many farm workers. By 1996 there were 2077 living in the village. Many travel to nearby Salisbury and other areas to work but prefer to come home to quiet village life.
Celebrations
Celebrations for the Poor 1814 Coronation Celebrations 1831
Civil Registration
1837 – 1896 Alderbury Registration District
1896 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Buildings and Land
Canal
The Salisbury and Southampton Canal was built from Kimbridge (where it joined the Andover Canal) to Alderbury but was never completed as far as Salisbury; construction stopped at Tunnel Hill, near Alderbury House. The canal was opened in 1802 or 1803 and closed in 1806.
Landowners and Tenants
Earl of Radnor’s Tenants 1839 Owners of Land 1873
Listed Buildings
At Shute End, St. Marie’s Grange was built in 1835 by architect Augustus Pugin for his own occupation. The house is Grade I listed.
Maps
Streetmap c2018 Alderbury and Surrounding Villages c2018
Public Houses
Goose Inn
Green Dragon Inn
The inn dates from the 14th or 15th century with 16th century additions. The inn was visited by Charles Dickens not long before he wrote ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’. It is widely believed that the Blue Dragon Inn from the book was based on the Green Dragon Inn. It is also believed that Dickens was ferried across the River Avon by members of the Hazel family who had ran this service for over a hundred years. The building is Grade I listed.
Cart Left at The Green Dragon 1813
Queens Head
Three Crowns
White Horse Tap Room
There is a social club which is situated next to the village hall in the grounds of the recreation field.
Railway
The Bishopstoke-Romsey-Salisbury section of the London and South Western Railway was built north of Alderbury and Whaddon, turning west into the Dean valley towards Dean station at West Dean. Opened in 1847, it continues in use as part of the Wessex Main Line between Bristol and Southampton. In 1866 the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway was built from a junction with the earlier railway near Alderbury, skirting Whaddon and turning south towards Downton and the south coast. This line was closed in 1964 and the track was lifted.
Trip on the New Salisbury to Bishopstoke Railway 1846
Residential Properties
Plans for Homes at Wagtails 2020
Taxes
UK Land Tax Redemption 1798 Appointment of Select Commissioners for Land and Assessed Taxes 1842
Crime and Legal Matters
Animal Related Crime
Animals Killed Illegally 1763 Cruelty to a Horse 1880
Assault
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1792-1835
Forgery
General Crime Items
Riots
Swing Riots
Machinery Riots 1830 Swing Riots of 1830-1831 – Commissioners Report 1834
Theft
Robbery at Carpenters Shop 1839 Sentenced for Theft 1845
Directories
| Post Office 1855 | Post Office 1859 | Kellys 1867 | Post Office 1875 | Kellys 1889 |
| Kellys 1907 | Kellys 1911 | Kellys 1915 | Kellys 1931 | Kellys 1939 |
| Post Office Telephone 1940 |
Education
Alderbury has a primary school, Alderbury & West Grimstead CofE (VA) Primary School (commonly abbreviated as “AWGS”) which opened in 1993 on a new site to replace a building which had been used as a school since 1838
Emigration and Migration
Books
From Wiltshire to Wales by Ray Palmer
Emigration to Australia
Assisted Emigration
Charles and Mary Bungey 1854 Joshua and Pamela Fry 1854 Herbert and Eliza Ann Hurst 1854
Strays
Strays Index Emigration Home Contact Requested 1800 – Present
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Apprentices
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Medicine
General Medical Council Registrations 1859-1959
Retail
Alderbury has a local store on Canal Lane.
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Church of England
Church of England Church at Whaddon, now demolished
Methodism
In 1802 Methodists met in the home of John Cook.
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Southampton Road, Whaddon (See Whaddon Tab Below)
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Folly Lane, Alderbury
This chapel was built in 1825 and demolished in 1970
Charles William Fry Methodist & Salvationist 1838-1882 Re-opening of the Wesleyan Chapel 1839
Quakers
There is mention in old records of a strong group of Quakers being in the area about 1677. Their burial ground was at the far end of a track call Quakers Drove situated between Alderbury and Whaddon.
Roman Catholicism
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Southampton Road, Whaddon, established 1990 using the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (See Whaddon Tab Below)
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Exhibition of Youthful Industry & Wild Flowers 1858 Women’s’ Institute Branch News 1915 – Present
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Members of Parliament
MP Nominations 2015 MP Nominations 2017
Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1865
Voters Lists
Voters List 1818 Voters List 1832
Family Notices
Funeral Reports
Sir Frederick Thomas Arthur Hervey-Bathurst 1900
Inquests
Coroners Bills 1752-1796 Inquest Reports 1800-1849
Miscellaneous Items
Animal Tales 1800-1849 Horticultural Tales 1800-1849
Parish Notables
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke – Poet born 27 October 1561 – Died 25 September 1621 Violet Millicent Pinckney – British & Olympian Tennis player (1871-1955)
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
Taxes
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Although named the Alderbury Union Workhouse the building was in fact situated within the parish of Britford at Longford. (See Longford Tab on the Britford Parish Page)
Workhouse Inmates
Inmates of Alderbury Union for 5 years Continuously 1861
Workhouse Miscellany
Workhouse Personnel
Guardians
Alderbury Union Elected Guardians 1835
Overseers
Appointments
Probate
Probate Index 1550-1881 (WSHC) National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Cristina, wife of Henry Haraz 1319 Katherine Mompesson 1632
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Military Miscellany
Chelsea Pensioners 1808-1828 Book on Alderbury War Memorials Launch 2005
WWI
Casualties
Memorials and Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Remembrance Book 1914-1918 St. Mary Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1919 War Memorial 1914-1919
WWII
Casualties
Memorials and Books of Remembrance
St. Mary Roll of Honour Plaque 1939-1945 War Memorial 1939-1945
Clarendon Park
This estate is part of the parish of Alderbury; many of the estate workers would have attended the nearest parish church. However it is wise when researching to also check within the parishes of Britford, Laverstock & Ford, Pitton & Farley, Salisbury, West Grimstead and Winterbourne Earls.
Buildings and Land
Inquisition of Lands Held by the King 1273
Weather
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Debtors
Prisoners in Fisherton Gaol 1761
Poaching
Unlawful Shooting of Hare 1870
Directories
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Apprentices
Apprentice records published here may not necessarily mean that the apprentice was from the parish but was apprenticed to a master within the parish.
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1827-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections and Polls
Ceremonial Positions
High Sheriff of Wiltshire Nominations 1925
Polls
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1865
Voters Lists
Family Notices
Parish Notables
August Welby Morthmore Pugin, Architect, Designer, Artist & Critic – Born 1 March 1812 in Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex – Died 14 September 1852 in Ramsgate, Kent – Resident of St. Marie’s Grange, Clarendon Park, Alderbury c1833-1841
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Overseers
Probate
National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions of Lands Held
Jordanus de Larkestok 1304 Edmund de Mulford 1305 John de Putton 1320 Robert de Mucheldevre 1330
Ivy Church
Ivy Church
Ivychurch Priory, near Alderbury, was an Augustinian monastery established in the 12th century and dissolved in 1536.
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns
Parish Notables
John Dove – Parliamentarian Politician – died at Ivychurch c1644/1645
Probate
Probate Index 1550-1881 (WSHC)
Whaddon
Whaddon Village Sign
History
During the 12th to 14th centuries there was a church or possibly a chapel which fell into disuse sometime before 1536.
Buildings and Land
Agriculture
Cattle Plague Regulations 1867
Public Houses
Three Crowns, off the A36
Has its origins in the 14th century. The nearby Palace of Clarendon was once a royal residence. In 1357 after the Battle of Poitiers, King John of France and King David of Scotlandwere prisoners of Edward III of England The three monarchs were seen riding side by side in a hunting party in the forest of Clarendon, hence the name of the pub.
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy
Bastardy Examinations 1790-1792
Crime Reports
Employment Crime
Apprentice Absent Without Leave 1868
Directories
Employment and Business
Whaddon has a post office combined with a newsagents.
Community Services
Police
Non-Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Catholicism
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Southampton Road, Whaddon, established 1990 using the former Primitive Methodist Chapel
Primitive Methodist Chapel
The Chapel stands on the Southampton Road, Whaddon but is no longer used by the Methodists.
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections, Polls and Voting Lists
Inquests
Obituaries
Personal Research Items
Tuck Family Research Burial Extracts – 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 Post Mortem of Lands Held
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Gordon Lewis for his valuable updates to the Methodist information on this page
