OPC Vacancy
Contiguous Parishes (our neighbours)
Aldbourne – Ashbury (BRK) – Bishopstone (Swindon) – Lambourne (BRK) – Little Hinton – Ramsbury – Wanborough
Websites
Baydon Parish – Community news and church services
The Parish Church of St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas Gallery St. Nicholas Interior Gallery St. Nicholas Churchyard Gallery
Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 Interior Wall Memorial Inscriptions Incumbents List
Parish Register Transcripts
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1673-2008
Marriages 1673-2008
Burials 1673-1992
Parish History
Civil Registration
1837 – April 1937 Hungerford Registration District
April 1937 – Present Marlborough Registration District
Buildings and Land
Maps
Ordnance Surveyor’s Drawings 1818
Public Houses
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports
Directories
Post Office 1855 Post Office 1875 Kellys 1889 Kellys 1915 Swindon & District 1928 Kellys 1867
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Agriculture and Land
Apprentices
Communications
British Postal Service Appointments 1737-1969
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Baptist Chapel
Wesleyan Chapel
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Coroners 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 of 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
Parish Notables
Kevin Wilkinson, drummer and session musician Born 11th June 1958, Died 17th July 1999
Poor Law, Charity and The Workhouse
Poor Law Crime
Charles King Deserted Family 1772
Union News
Cricklade & Wootton Bassett Union News 1850-1899
Probate
Probate Index 1566-1881 (WSHC) National Probate Index 1858-1966
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
Servicemen & Women
Chelsea Pensioners
WWI
Memorials & Books of Remembrance
Diocese of Salisbury Memorial Book 1914-1918
