The OPC is Eric Read
Barford St. Martin Photo Gallery
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Baverstock – Burcombe – Compton Chamberlain – Great Wishford
Websites of Interest
Barford St. Martin Parish Council – Community information and services, historical society
Parish Church of St. Martin
St. Martin’s Gallery St. Martin’s Interior Gallery St. Martin’s Churchyard Gallery St. Martin’s Church Cemetery
Church Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Church News
Church Matters 1800-1849 Church Matters 1900-1999
Incumbents
Ordination of Deacons & Priests 1876
Miscellaneous
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
1653-1699 1700-1749 1750-1799 1800-1849
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1653-1861
Marriages 1654-1979
Burials 1653-1885
Other Resources available elsewhere
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1936 Wilton Registration District
April 1936 – Present Salisbury Registration District
Oak Apple Day
Buildings and Land
Notice of Petition for Inclosure 1808 Foot and Mouth Outbreak 1869 Owners of Land 1873
Land Surveys
Maps
Public Houses
Barford Inn, A30/B3089
16th century former coaching inn which at one time had its own brewery. During WWII the Wiltshire Yeomanry dedicated one of their tanks to the inn, with The Green Dragon (former name of the inn) inscribed on one side and the village name on the other.
Crime and Legal Matters
Bastardy Examinations Assault on an Ostler 1868 Thefts by Gypsies 1889
Directories
Post Office 1855 Kellys 1867 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1915 Post Office Telephone 1940
Education
There is a photograph in the gallery of the Class of 1958. It is believed to have been taken on the occasion of the retirement of the headmistress Mrs. Shaw. OPC Marion Swindells (nee Kellows) is the little girl on the front row in front of the vicar wearing a bib dress and a bow in her hair! On the far right second row and second in is a fair haired girl who is Janis Hart. We do not know the names of the other children but if anyone can name them then please either contact the OPC for this page, Marion Swindells or Teresa Lewis (Administrator). All three may be contacted via the contact us option on the home page.
Laying of School Foundation Stone 1853
Emigration and Migration
Assisted Emigration
General Items
Employment and Business
Agriculture
Gamekeeping
Gamekeepers Certificates 1807 Gamekeepers Certificates 1834 Game Licenses 1846
Farm Labour
Aspects of the Life of the Wiltshire Agricultural Labourer c1850
Apprentices
Joel Chalke 1722 John Gravill 1729
Wiltshire Society Apprentices
Community Services
Police
Inventors and Patents
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Temperance Society
People and Parish Notables
Accidents
Accidents 1800-1899 Road Accident 1932
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Agricultural
South Newton Agricultural Society Competition 1871
Friendly Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Celebrations
Defeat of Napoleon 1814 Oak Apple Day 1893
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
Elections, Polls and Voters Lists
Poll of Freeholders 1772 Poll Book 1818 Poll Book 1865 MP Nominations 2015
Entertainment
Ploughing Match & Shepherding Prizes 1868
Family Notices
Inquests
Inquest Reports 1800-1849 Inquest Report on Mary Ann Mould 1872
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
Tax List 1332 Falstone Day Book 1645-1653
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Guardians
Wilton Union Guardians Appointed 1835 Guardians Dinner & Election of Guardians 1870
Overseers
Appointments
Probate
Probate Index (WSHC) National Probate Index 1858-1966
Inquisitions Post Mortem of Lands Held
Thomas de Chaucombe 1305 Thomas de Chaucombe 1319 Inquisition of Lands Held 1433 William, Earl of Pembroke 1630
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Chelsea Pensioners
Wiltshire Regiments
Wilts Rifle Volunteers on the March 1872 Servicemen & Families with the 1st Wilts. Regt. in South Africa 1911
WWI
Casualties of WWI
Wounded Soldiers
Memorial and Roll of Honour Plaques
Church Memorial Plaque 1914-1918 Church Roll of Honour Plaque 1914-1918
Remembrance Books
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
WWII
Memorial and Roll of Honour Plaques
Church Memorial Plaque 1939-1945
Groveley Wood
Groveley Church
History
Groveley Wood is an extra parochial place within the parish of Barford St. Martin. There is no church here and there are no records of separate parish registers. It can be assumed therefore that residents of the wood travelled to either Barford or Great Wishford for church services including baptisms, marriages and burials
Oak Apple Day Celebrations
The origins of the Grovely Ceremonies lie in the rights of the villagers of nearby parishes to collect wood for fuel from the woods nearby – charters still exist from Elizabethan times which stipulate conditions which must be met in order to keep those rights alive. A group of dancers must go to Salisbury Cathedral and declaim “Grovely ! Grovely! And all Grovely!” and while this originally took place during Whit week , the festivities now occur on May 29th every year which is Oak Apple Day. The day begins with a raucous tin can band to wake everyone up (participated in keenly by the children armed with anything from trumpets to bin lids), followed by a procession into the forest with banners to gather the wood; houses in the village are decorated with bunting and boughs. The group of dancers, in period costume, still perform outside Salisbury Cathedral then lay branches on the altar there in the morning during a very brief service before returning home for a further procession and traditional village fair. There’s maypole dancing, stalls, food and entertainment. The first grant of the charter took place in 1603.
Buildings and Land
Crime and Legal Matters
Committed to the Devizes House of Correction & New Prison 1800-1849 Theft of Silver Watch at Groveley 1858 Gamekeeper Charged with Assault 1868
Directories
Education
People and Parish Notables
Associations, Clubs, Organisations and Societies
Wiltshire Friendly Society Membership 1837-1871
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
